Synopsis
William Favre Slater, III will present the following topics:
The State of Quantum in America -2026
A high level overview of everything quantum including hardware, software, algorithms, research, education, sensors, workforce, global markets, funding, IP, professional organizations, and more.
Harvest Now, Decrypt Later
Possibly the most dangerous aspect of PQC. Bad players are collecting encryption keys now with the expectation that they will be able to compute the decryption key at some point in the future via the use of Cryptographically Relevant Quantum Computer. Details explained.
Speaker Bio
William Slater, President & CEO of Slater Technologies, Inc. is based in Chicago, IL. He is an experienced, certified, seasoned and published IT professional with more than four decades of experience. Mr. Slater is also a proud U.S, Air Force Veteran and former USAF Computer System Staff Officer and Cyberwarrior.
Presently he works as the CTO and CISO of the Marketing Organization (San Diego, CA), and also at Slater Technologies, Inc.
Since 2001, his primary focus areas have been Project Management and Program Management in Cyber security, Networking, Databases, Application Development (43 languages), Service Management, Data Centers, Cloud Computing (2008), Blockchain Technologies (2012), Artificial Intelligence (2016), Quantum Computing (2011), and Generative AI using ChatGPT (2022).
Currently, Mr. Slater is working diligently to help organizations prepare for Post Quantum Cryptography threats because Q-Day is coming, we just don’t know exactly when. He attends 4 to 6 International Quantum / AI Group Meetings weekly, and even presents sometimes.
William has been an Adjunct Professor for over 15 years, and holds three master’s degrees, (including an M.S. in Cybersecurity from Bellevue University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix), and 88 professional certifications, including CISSP. CISA, and PMP. His professional experience also includes: the U.S. Air Force, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Northrop, Digital Equipment Corporation, BP, Department of Veterans Affairs, Microsoft, IBM, and McDonald’s. He is a member of (ISC)2, PMI, ISACA, the Internet Society (since 1998), and a founding member of QSECDEF.
Outside of technology, William is a devoted husband, writer, musician, passionate international Chess player, and a 2nd Degree Black Belt and certified instructor in Kodokan Judo.
Many of Mr. Slater’s writing and presentations are located https://billslater.com/writing . Contact: williamslater@gmail.com 312 - 342 - 2626 - Mobile Career Page: http://billslater.com/interview
