CEO Roundtable: Cyber Resilience in Action, A Hands-On Experience for Small Business Leaders

Join us for a dynamic, monthly mastermind designed exclusively for business owners. This is your opportunity to share challenges, gain fresh perspectives, and tap into expert insights to drive business growth. Each month, an industry expert will be in the room to share valuable information and actionable strategies tailored to small business owner’s needs.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and there's no better time to strengthen your business’s defenses. Join fellow CEOs for an engaging, interactive event featuring the CyberSecureDeck — a cybersecurity card game designed to simulate real-world threats and response strategies.

🧠 What to Expect: Step into a leadership role in a fictional organization facing a cyber crisis. Collaborate with peers to make strategic decisions across IT, HR, Legal, and more. Experience the five pillars of cybersecurity: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. Walk away with insights you can apply to your own business’s cyber readiness.

💼 Why Attend? Cyber threats are evolving — is your business prepared? Learn how to build a cyber-aware culture without technical jargon. Network with other small business leaders who share your concerns. Leave with actionable strategies and a renewed sense of confidence. Whether you’re tech-savvy or just starting to think about cybersecurity, this event will empower you to lead your organization with resilience.

Facilitator: Rob DelMastro, Director of the Massachusetts SBDC, Western Region

Special Guests:

John Petrozzelli - Director - MassCyberCenter

Meg Speranza - Resiliency Program Manager, MassCyberCenter

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with fellow business owners, gain expert insights, and find real solutions to drive your business forward.

AGENDA

8:30am - 9:00am: Registration and Networking

9:00am - 9:15am: Opening Remarks (Rob DelMastro)

9:15am - 10:15am: CyberSecureDeck Card Game

10:15am - 11:00am: Open Discussion

About John Petrozzelli - Director, MassCyberCenter:

John began his career as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force in 1998 and served in the Republic of Korea in 1999. In September 2001, while supporting C-17 missions, he deployed to Sicily to support forward operating bases during the initial phases of the US war in Afghanistan. He then deployed to Germany to provide intelligence for C-17 missions delivering humanitarian airdrops to starving Afghans. John entered on duty with the FBI as an Intelligence Analyst in 2004, where he assisted in the creation of the Connecticut Intelligence Center Fusion Center and with the FBI InfraGard public outreach program. While in New Haven, he also led the analytic review of computer hard drives related to the Babar Ahmad/Tooting Group international terrorism investigation. In 2007, John transferred to the FBI Boston Field Office. As an Intelligence Analyst, he supported Civil Rights and Public corruption investigations until becoming a Supervisory Intelligence Analyst supporting analysis over all criminal programs in 2010.

In 2013, John was a day shift intelligence supervisor during the Boston Marathon Bombing manhunt and led the computer forensic review of all subjects’ digital media. During the Marathon Bombing investigation and subsequent trial, John led the post processing analytical review of the Tsarnaev family’s digital media. He wrote the initial digital analysis used in support of the Tsarnaev trial. He led the review of more than 33,000 emails, 120,000 photos, and 12,000 videos for the purposes of criminal discovery and trial preparation. He wrote over 50 reports, which, were used in testimony to support Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s eventual conviction. In 2016 he earned a Master of Science in Information Security from Boston University and became FBI Boston’s Chief Security Officer.

Before joining the MassCyberCenter, John was the Director of Cybersecurity for Magna5's Boston Metro Area. He managed day-to-day operations of the company’s Security Operations Center. He managed endpoint and network protection, cybersecurity awareness training, and Security Information Event Management software. He developed cybersecurity plans and vulnerability assessments and ensured clients’ cybersecurity governance models followed best practices with frameworks like NIST/SOC2/PCI/CMMC. He delivered presentations to local companies and professional organizations.

John has been a featured speaker at the Massachusetts National Cyber Crime Conference and at the Microsoft Digital Crimes Community Conference in Vienna, Austria in 2016. He was a featured speaker at ThreatLocker Zero Trust World and the International Crisis Management Conference in 2023. He has delivered remarks locally at many universities and professional organizations.

He completed the 2017 Boston Marathon Tough Ruck, which was a 26.2 mile hike carrying 15-50 pounds in tribute to fallen military comrades and in memory of those victims of the Marathon Bombing. He is a proud father of three children.

About Meg Speranza - Resiliency Program Manager, MassCyberCenter:

Meg Speranza is the Resiliency Program Manager at the MassCyberCenter at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. She is responsible for improving the collaboration, transparency, and effectiveness of the Massachusetts cybersecurity ecosystem in order to foster ‘cyber resiliency’ across the Commonwealth’s key institutions and systems, including municipalities, businesses, critical infrastructure, and non-profit organizations.

She will work with the Center’s leaders and advisory boards to develop robust programs that help drive ‘Civil Defense for the 21st Century’ in the cybersecurity space.

Prior to joining the MassCyberCenter, Meg had a successful 25-year business career in Massachusetts, managing product development for several global high-tech companies, owning and operating a small retail business in Hopkinton, MA, and overseeing educational fundraising before pursuing a career in cybersecurity.

She holds a B.S. in Business Management from Babson College and a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity Policy and Governance at Boston College.