BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1630@aboveboardchamber.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220415T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220415T130000 DTSTAMP:20220406T122441Z URL:https://www.aboveboardchamber.com/events/fort-myers-identity-cyber-cri me/ SUMMARY:Fort Myers: Identity/Cyber Crime DESCRIPTION:In today's world\, Identity/Cyber Crimes are happening fast and can be used as a weapon to take down governments and businesses worldwide . The Above Board Chamber of Florida is bringing in experts to share ways to protect our businesses and homes from ID Fraud\, Internet fraud\, Ranso mware\, and other ways that criminal activity targets us! We will also dis cuss anti-virus software and how to keep it updated. (Please note that our Lee County meeting is on a Friday for the month of April!)\n\nThank you t o our meeting sponsors:\n\n James Ritter\, CEO &\; Founder of Pulse Te chnology Solutions (Bio Below)\n\n\n Brett Turner\, Sole Owner of Leapin' Lawns\, which is family-owned lawn maintenance and landscaping business. Serving Lee\, Collier\, and Charlotte counties since 2007\, homeowners and businesses trust our expert team to handle all their lawn maintenance and landscaping needs. We provide lawn maintenance\, landscaping\, fertilizer \, pest control\, irrigation\, tree trimming\, mulch\, sod\, and stones fo r residential and commercial accounts. Our company is fully insured\, lice nsed\, and certified for Best Management Practices. Our clients include co ndos\, industrial buildings\, real estate companies\, HOA's\, residential\ , and the Edison Home. Brett is a member of the Above Board Chamber of Flo rida.\n\nMeet our Emcee:\n\n Dave Elias\, Chief Political Correspondent N BC 2 News. Dave brings more than two decades of experience to the team\, c overing nearly every story imaginable in that time. Dave served as an inve stigator on the West Virginia Media I-Team. He joined a team of five repor ters assigned to investigating stories and exposing alleged corruption in the mountain state for WTRF-TV\, WOWK-TV\, WBOY-TV\, WVNS-TV\, all part of the network. Dave came to the sunshine state from Pittsburgh\, Pennsylvan ia\, where he worked in the Wheeling-Steubenville television market for WT RF-TV &\; FOX Ohio Valley. In 2009 Dave gained national recognition for his reporting by uncovering details that led to two Ohio Police Chiefs be ing arrested for plotting a break-in at the surrogate mother's home for fa med actress Sarah Jessica Parker. National news agencies later relied on D ave's reporting throughout the later trial. During his tenure\, Dave has i nterviewed President Barack Obama in Ohio. Dave's aggressive reporting sty le has taken him to Washington\, D.C.\, and New York City for investigatio ns. After more than 24 years in the business. Dave has anchored\, produced \, and served as a bureau chief.\n\nOur Panelists:\n\n James Ritter\, Fou nder and CEO at Pulse Technology Solutions\; Pulse Technology Solutions ha s been serving Southwest Florida since 2006\, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support\, computer support\, and consulting to small a nd medium-sized businesses. It's always been our goal to provide enterpris e-level IT practices and solutions to the small business sector\, with sma ll business prices. Our experience has allowed us to build and develop the infrastructure needed to keep our prices affordable and our clients up an d running. We partner with many types of businesses in the area and strive to eliminate IT issues before they cause expensive downtime\, so you can continue to drive your business forward. Our dedicated staff loves seeing our clients succeed. Your success is our success\, and as you grow\, we gr ow. James is a member of the Above Board Chamber of Florida.\n\n\n Patric k Neale\, Patrick Neale &\; Associates\, Patrick is an attorney\, civil mediator\, and arbitrator who practices law in the areas of foreclosure p revention and defense\, bankruptcy\, land use\, contractor\, real estate\, zoning\, administration. Patric moved to Collier in 1987. Patrick has ser ved on and chaired many local charity boards and is currently on the board s of Avow Hospice\, CHEF (Culinary and Hospitality Education Foundation)\, and the Collier County Bar Association. Patrick has received numerous awa rds of distinction for his community and professional service. Patrick is an adjunct professor at FGCU. Patrick is a member of the Above Board Chamb er of Florida.\n\n\n Kelly Hickok is an Investigator with the Economic Cr imes Unit for the State Attorney's Office of the Twentieth Judicial Circui t. The Economic Crimes Unit is responsible for the prosecution of all fina ncial and elder exploitation crimes throughout the Circuit\, as well as se rving the community to investigate public corruption &\; complex fraud schemes. Kelly's experience expands thirty-one years as a State of Florida Law Enforcement Officer and over half of that career as an instructor &am p\; educator. Prior to the State Attorney's Office\, Kelly worked for a St atewide fraud &\; money laundering task force based in Miami-Dade and B roward counties. Kelly continues to instruct at Miami-Dade College\, the S outhwest Florida Public Service Academy &\; throughout the community.\n \n\n John Schlager\, CEO &\; Co-Founder of Inceptus a result's driven visionary that harbors a passion to innovate\, create and build innovative business risk and cybersecurity solutions. He brings deep industry expert ise and years of digital combat experience to provide businesses with cost -effective solutions to secure their data from even the most determined ad versaries. John has almost thirty years of experience in the design\, impl ementation\, operations\, and management of large-scale enterprises. He ha s designed and deployed security programs to meet the most stringent requi rements. He has worked with some of the most at-risk organizations in the public and private sectors\, including the Intelligence Community\, Depart ment of Defense\, civilian agencies of the federal government\, Law Enforc ement\, and Fortune 100 companies\, by developing robust security programs and by providing world-class security intrusion analysis\, forensic\, and remediation services to better detect\, deter\, defend\, and respond to a ny threat that an organization will face. John is a member of the Above Bo ard Chamber of Florida.\n\n\n Christian Wartchow\, CEO\, and Founder of C yberSecure IT Solutions. Before CyberSecure\, Christian was a technology l eader with Fortune 500 companies\, including Siemens\, Verizon\, and Sprin t. He now brings that Enterprise-level expertise to small and medium busin esses. CyberSecure is more than an "IT Company." They provide Computer and IT Services to more than 1\,000 business and residential clients througho ut Florida. Still\, Their #1 mission is "To Protect and Defend clients fro m cyber-attacks\, ransomware\, hackers\, and scammers." Christian is a mem ber of the Above Board Chamber of Florida.\n\nOur Featured Non-Profit:\nTr ish Fancher\, Keep Lee County Beautiful which provides volunteer opportuni ties that develop individual responsibility and environmental stewardship through hands-on participation\; people are motivated and inspired with an environmental focus that develops into a true sense of pride and ownershi p people feel empowered while volunteering with us because they immediatel y see the difference they are making in the health and appearance of their surrounding community. Trish is a member of the Above Board Chamber of Fl orida\n\nFor information on becoming an Annual Sponsor\, a Meeting Sponsor \, an Angel Lunch Sponsor a Member\, an Ambassor or for more information p lease call 239-910-7426 and ask for Jeanne Sweeney\, CEO/ Founder of the A bove Board Chamber of FL. Together we can sail into 2022 and make it our b est year yet!\n\nThank you to CONRIC pr + marketing for helping with us wi th our press releases and website to get this important meeting out! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.aboveboardchamber.com/wp-content/upl oads/2022/03/IdentityCyber-Crime_-How-to-protect-your-interests_-_4_.jpg CATEGORIES:Fort Myers Meeting LOCATION:Crowne Plaza at Bell Tower\, 13051 Bell Tower Drive\, Fort Myers \ , Florida \, 33907\, United States GEO:26.551324;-81.86838 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=13051 Bell Tower Drive\, Fo rt Myers \, Florida \, 33907\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cr owne Plaza at Bell Tower:geo:26.551324,-81.86838 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR