Nishant Bhajaria is an executive leader and industry-expert in the privacy and security space and currently serves as the Head of Privacy Engineering and Governance at Uber. 

He plays the critical role connecting engineering, legal, and leadership to ensure data protection for both the user and the business. Prior to Uber, Nishant spearheaded compliance and privacy engineering programs at Google, Netflix and Nike. 

In addition to speaking extensively in this space and hosting a data privacy learning series on LinkedIn, Nishant authored Data Privacy: A runbook for engineers - a deep dive into strategies on effectively identifying, communicating and addressing privacy risks using technical strategies.

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Why do you think it is important to teach and train developers in data management skills?

"To pilfer a phrase from President Clinton circa 1996, “the era of top-down engineering is over.” Engineers make bottoms-up decisions on IT tooling, data collection, security practices, etc. When viewed through the prism of scale and velocity, your success (or failure) in data collection and quality lies in the hands of your engineers. Giving them the tools, training and context to make the right decisions is critical, and over time, you will build a culture with the right incentives. The eventual winners of this virtuous cycle will be your products and customers, leading to an enhanced reputation and healthier bottom line"

Michelle is a founder, well-trusted advisor and industry expert increasing awareness around data privacy policies and the tools that provide privacy protections.

Most recently, she co-founded Privatus Consulting - a firm that helps businesses accelerate the process of data privacy compliance. Prior to that, Michelle held several leadership roles, including Chief Privacy Officer, leading security and privacy initiatives focused around regulatory compliance and privacy engineering at organizations like Cisco, McAfee - Intel Security, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. 

Michelle co-authored The Privacy Engineer’s Manifesto: Getting from Policy to Code to QA to Value - which takes a look at the challenges and opportunities raised within the emerging "personal" information economy.

Why do you think it is important to teach and train developers in data management skills?

As the world moves on from an ad driven surveillance economy to a new person and data driven Consent Economy, our systems must be rebuilt from the foundation up with ethics and privacy engineering, there is a new Data Protocol that must be embraced and new communities formed to support it!

Don Dodge is a tech veteran with over 30 years in the software industry. Most recently a Developer Advocate at Google - helping the developer community build new applications on Google platforms and technologies. 

Prior to joining Google, Don was a technology evangelist at Microsoft and advised product development groups on startup technology trends, new product requirements, and potential development partners.

Don is also a veteran of five start-ups including: Forte Software, AltaVista, Napster, Bowstreet, and Groove Networks.‍

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Why do you think it is important to teach and train developers in data management skills?

Developers are highly skilled in software development, but not in legal and regulatory matters in every country in the world. These laws differ by country, and change without notice. Software must comply with these laws or face severe economic fines. Training is essential to avoid issues.

Kumneger (Kim) Emiru is a Director, Legal - Privacy at ServiceNow, where she focuses on global privacy compliance and manages ServiceNow’s AMS privacy team. Her responsibilities also include product counseling and support, drafting and implementing privacy policies and procedures, and advising on enterprise data governance. 

Kim is an attorney with in-depth knowledge of global privacy laws, including GDPR & CCPA, and extensive experience developing privacy and cybersecurity programs, including privacy by design and incident response.

Kim began her career at the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights,

where she investigated HIPAA violations, including data breaches. She also previously worked at Workday supporting global privacy compliance initiatives.

Kim is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP US/EU) and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT). She is also a Fellow in Information Privacy.

Why do you think it is important to teach and train developers in data management skills?

When developers understand the value of proper data management and are knowledgeable about how to embed such data management principles into their development, they not only meet compliance requirements more easily, but they are also able to unlock a key market differentiator by producing privacy-enhancing technology. 

Darine Fayed is the General Counsel & Data Protection Officer of Mailjet by Pathwire, a French email marketing platform. Her role at Mailjet is to lead the data protection and security transformation programs all while minimizing risks to the company. 

Darine has worked with developers to empower and support them as data leaders while also spearheading programs that drive the company’s data privacy and protection measures. 

Prior to Mailjet, Darine spent over 10 years as an attorney in several notable global law firms both in the US and in France. Specializing in international contracts, global data privacy laws and corporate law.‍

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Why do you think it is important to teach and train developers in data management skills?‍

"Training and building awareness among IT teams on data management is the basis in achieving a notable shift in the corporate mind-set towards data privacy, and where people start to see data protection measures not as a burden but as a foundation to business. The developer is integral part of building and designing the systems, and they have the key to a company’s security awareness to in turn build higher quality products and obtain customer satisfaction."

Lynda is a marketing leader with over 35 years of global experience in leading marketing, sales and general management strategy and teams across a diverse set of industries including the role of CMO for leading companies like Twilio, Jive, Genpact, Nuance and Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories.

Today, she is working as a consultant/fractional CMO for mParticle and is an advisor for a variety of developer-focused companies from low code development platforms to smart contracts and crypto currency to robotics.  Lynda holds Board positions with Coderpad and Clickatell.

In addition, she has been teaching at the Engineering School at Stanford University for over fifteen years.

Michael is an accomplished leader, practitioner and educator - advising organizations at moments of transformation and change.

As the founder of Sub Rosa, an award winning brand strategy and design consultancy, he has advised influential organizations from the ACLU, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft, and Nike to well-respected institutions such as The United Nations and the Obama-Biden Administration. 

An ardent steward of personal and professional development, Michael is frequently engaged as an advisor to leaders, teams, and corporate boards including organizations such as The Burning Man Project,The Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and the United Nations' Tribal Link Foundation. Michael also conducts visiting lectures at Princeton University and West Point.

His book, Applied Empathy (Simon & Schuster 2018) explores the intersectionality of these two worlds (business and personal development) through the practice of empathy for the self, and for others.

Why do you think it is important to teach and train developers in data management skills?

“One of the greatest gifts we share with one another is trust. In an era of increasing demand for personal data, the best organizations are the ones willing to value our exchange of information and commit to safeguarding it. Data Protocol's work is vital to building a more ethical, honest, trustworthy future for all of us.”