Richard Velasco
Regional Business Leader | Philippines, Thailand
Darktrace
TOPIC : The AI Trust Bottleneck
SYNOPSIS :
AI is accelerating faster than governance can keep up, expanding attack surfaces and creating unseen risks. From data and models to AI agents and integrations, security starts by knowing what to protect.
SPEAKER'S BIO :
Richard Velasco is a seasoned cybersecurity and technology business leader with more than two decades of experience accelerating digital transformation across Southeast Asia. He has held strategic commercial and technical roles at global cybersecurity innovators including Darktrace, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Nutanix, and Symantec, where he has helped enterprise and government organizations strengthen their security posture through AI-driven and next-generation defense technologies. Known for his ability to bridge complex technical concepts with real-world business outcomes, Richard is a trusted advisor to C-level leaders navigating modern cyber risk, resilience, and automation. His leadership spans regional sales strategy, customer enablement, and cybersecurity solution design—grounded in a strong foundation in information systems, networking, and security engineering.
Today, he actively collaborates with enterprises, financial institutions, and public-sector organizations to help them adopt AI-powered security capabilities and prepare for the evolving threat landscape.
Today, he actively collaborates with enterprises, financial institutions, and public-sector organizations to help them adopt AI-powered security capabilities and prepare for the evolving threat landscape.
