Security & Privacy

Fighting the Next Wave of Cybercrime

with Michele Zuccala & Misha Bragin & Ross Kukulinski & Frank Schlesinger & Tomislav Tipurić

Friday 10 July 15:40 – 16:10 Tech Leaders Stage

About This Session

Attackers have AI now too, and defense is racing to keep up. This panel brings together security practitioners to discuss what the next wave of cybercrime looks like and how the fight is changing. A frank conversation about where the threats are heading and how to stay ahead.

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Speakers

Michele Zuccala

Senior Vice President of Engineering · Sysdig

Senior Vice President of Engineering at Sysdig

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Michele Zuccala is Senior Vice President of Engineering at Sysdig, leading the global engineering organization across open source R&D, runtime security, monitoring, AI, and core platform areas. He drives technical execution and innovation across both commercial and open source initiatives. Michele joined Sysdig to lead the open source team and helped scale Falco, guiding the CNCF runtime security project to graduation and broad industry adoption. He later unified open source and commercial development for runtime security before expanding his leadership across the wider engineering organization. Before Sysdig, he was CTO at ProntoPro and held leadership roles at several high-growth startups.
Misha Bragin

CEO and Co-founder · NetBird

CEO and Co-founder of NetBird

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Misha Bragin is a Berlin-based tech entrepreneur, software engineer, and open source contributor who is the co-founder and CEO of NetBird, an open source cybersecurity company focused on Zero Trust networking.
Ross Kukulinski

VP of Product · Tailscale

VP of Product at Tailscale

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Ross Kukulinski is Vice President of Product at Tailscale, where he leads product strategy and execution across the company's secure connectivity platform. Ross is a technical product leader who builds businesses at the intersection of open source, cloud infrastructure, and developer experience. He has spent nearly two decades working on cloud-native technologies, helping organizations move from early adoption to reliable, large-scale production use. His work has focused on turning complex distributed systems into products that are easier to adopt, operate, and trust—without hiding the underlying engineering or limiting flexibility. Before joining Tailscale, Ross was VP of Product Management at Kong, where he led the transformation from packaged on-prem software to a cloud-first platform. Prior to Kong, he spent four years at VMware following the acquisition of Heptio, where he was an initial employee. At Heptio and VMware, he led product for Kubernetes platforms including Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, working closely with engineering teams and customers to shape how modern infrastructure is packaged, delivered, and operated. Ross is passionate about building products that balance strong technical foundations with clear customer value, mentoring future product leaders, and earning developer trust through great experiences.
Frank Schlesinger

CIO DACH Platforms · Nexi Germany

CIO DACH Platforms of Nexi Germany

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Frank Schlesinger is CIO DACH Platforms and a member of the management team at Nexi Germany. In his role, he is responsible for IT and infrastructure in Germany and the entire DACH region. In previous positions, he was Head of Technology at ImmobilienScout24 and, prior to that, Head of Agile and Project Management, where he was responsible for cloud migration and a major organisational restructuring. After graduating with a degree in computer science, Frank began his career as a Java software developer, helping German banks and savings banks equip their teams with modern technology for banking processes.
Tomislav Tipurić

CTO · Nephos

CTO of Nephos

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Tomislav Tipurić is a business and technology professional who connects technical expertise with business strategy to clarify new technologies and drive corporate innovation. As a Chief Technology Officer and Lead Hackathon Coach, he focuses on artificial intelligence, multi-cloud platforms, and modern software development practices. He has designed more than 20 custom learning hackathons and delivered over 500 hands-on educational experiences, including more than 150 sessions dedicated to machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI solutions. Tomislav translates technical concepts into business strategies, delivering workshops and lectures to C-level executives on the business impact of AI in their industries. Additionally, he has experience in sales enablement and corporate training, serving as a program trainer to help enterprise partners market, sell, and adopt generative AI and cloud productivity tools, and delivering cloud sales enablement programs for global telecommunications firms. Tomislav is certified and authorized as an official trainer by Google and Microsoft.