Elan Shanker is a Senior Engineering Director at Akamai for the Application Security portfolio, where he leads the development team responsible for Akamai Client-Side Protection & Compliance, as well as supporting efforts related to Akamai Firewall for AI and Akamai AI Security. Previously, he managed Akamai's engineering efforts for Prolexic network security solutions. Prior to his time at Akamai, Elan was co-founder and CTO of a start-up focused on telemedicine services.

Christine Ferrusi Ross is a Product Marketing Director at Akamai, where she leads go-to-market messaging for the Application Security portfolio. Prior to Akamai, she worked with blockchain and security startups on product/market fit and positioning. She also spent many years as an industry analyst helping organizations buy and manage emerging technologies and services.