Don Assalone is the Director of Global Cybersecurity for Mohegan with 25+ years of Information Security leadership experience. Don has a wealth of knowledge and experience leading cyber security teams in a multitude of industries from health care, financial services, and retail.  He leads the Cyber Security team in CT and works across all Mohegan properties to help streamline and standardize processes, deploy training and awareness to end users, document, and test incident response, monitor compliance, and refine existing cyber tools. Assalone and his family volunteer in their community, and local Food Bank, and are avid travelers who enjoy frequent cruises and trips to Disney.

Bailey comes to Cache Creek from The Venetian in Las Vegas. Drawing also on experience in Silicon Valley and the retail sector, Bailey’s resume reflects both the deep knowledge and broad skillset it takes to handle the technology demands of a complex organization. While his purview will be Cache Creek’s technology systems, Bailey says his success will start with people. By starting with the customer and working backward, while finding and developing the best personnel, he believes he will be able to strengthen Cache Creek’s existing systems and deliver new capabilities.

Travis Brun was born and raised in Chandler, Arizona. Enlisted in the Army from 2007-2015 and National Guard 2015-2021. Been in IT for over 15 years starting from Army Helpdesk to Department of Defense Regional cyber center. Over 5 years building and training electric vehicle start-ups in Arizona until finally accepting a position in the Casino Arizona family in September of 2022. Along with a professional career in Information Security I work as a veteran transition ambassador with a 501 (c) Non-profit Valor’s Veterans Community ensuring local veterans have all resources needed for a seamless transition to civilian life.

I am a dedicated IT professional with a passion for cybersecurity and a proven track record of driving positive change in both people and systems. With a keen eye for trends and a relentless commitment to enhancing operations, I inspire individuals and teams to thrive in both business and life while ensuring the utmost security of digital assets. My career is marked by a deep focus on cybersecurity, where I have consistently improved customer experiences, provided critical research and analysis, and played a pivotal role in system design and implementation with a strong emphasis on safeguarding against cyber threats. As an IT Director, I have elevated IT infrastructure, policies, and processes, working collaboratively with stakeholders to support business growth while enhancing the organization’s cybersecurity posture with new resources and guidance.

Matt Moon is an Information Technology and Casino Executive with 22 years total Casino I.T. leadership experience and 29 years in the I.T. field.  He has worked at and opened Tribal and Commercial casinos in Louisiana, California, Michigan, and Indiana.  Matt has been a part of the Four Winds team since 2007, holding the VP of IT position, and now serves as the Four Winds CIO for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi’s four casinos.  Matt is a veteran of the United States Air Force, and holds a B.A. in Mathematics.

Greg is currently the Director of Information Security at Cache Creek Casino Resort in Northern California.  He originally started his IT experience at Sac & Fox Casino in Kansas.  18 years later, Greg has gained valuable casino and hospitality experience both domestic and international.  His leadership roles in Product Management, IT Service Management and Information Security have provided a holistic view on pragmatic best practices.  Greg is new to being a speaker and believes in a continuous growth mindset, so he is excited to share his knowledge with other passionate IT and security professionals.

Reese Weber, MBA, CISSP, is the Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer for Indian Health Service at the California Area Office in Sacramento, CA. In this role, she works with Federal, Tribal and Urban healthcare facilities throughout California to improve their cybersecurity posture, technical infrastructure, privacy and security policies, and HIPAA compliance. In her 10 years at IHS, she served as both the System Administrator and Information System Security Officer (ISSO) before becoming the California Area Office CISO. Prior to joining Indian Health Service, she served as an ISSO for the Department of Defense, and before that, as a Technical Sergeant in the United States Air Force. Reese holds an MBA from Brandman University, a graduate certificate in Public and Non-Profit Leadership, a BBA in Information Systems, and the highest information security credential, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Her combined 20 years of civil service has given her a wide breadth of IT, security and leadership experience that lends to her passion and enthusiasm for all things cybersecurity. Reese has a mild (read: major) Disney obsession; and she loves traveling with her family.

Like you, Mr. Wilson is driven to help raise the bar on security by lowering risk. With over three decades of information security, speaking, and most importantly, real-life, in-the-trenches technical experience, his view on security can be radically different. He has the keen ability to translate complex technical issues into plain English for executives and other decision makers in the enterprise.

Paul Wirszyla currently works for Sycuan Casino and Resort as a Security Analyst. He has had an exciting, yet odd, 13-year career path in IT. Paul began his career studying port numbers while washing trays and taking orders in a McDonald’s drive-thru while attending ITT Tech for his bachelor’s in Cybersecurity. From there, the McDonald’s franchise he worked for promoted him to Operations Technology Person Level 3. Paul was a one-person help desk for 18 stores in San Diego County. A few years later, he managed to get a network administrator job at Barona Casino and Resort for the Surveillance department. In this case, The Network Administrator was tasked with servicing everything IT-related in the Surveillance department. In 2020, he went for his Master’s in Cybersecurity Engineering at the University of San Diego, and shortly after that, he went for the gold standard Cybersecurity certification, the CISSP, and got that as well. He has a passion for Cybersecurity and is excited to be here!