Cybersecurity: Rethinking Risk, Resilience, and Defense in the Age of AI

Alan Goldsmith currently serves as the Regional Vice President for Comcast Business in California. In this role, he is responsible for the success of Comcast Business in California, directly leading its sales, marketing, sales engineering, and sales operations teams in California while collaborating with functions across the region and division to improve its performance.

In 2020, Alan joined Comcast as the Regional Vice President for Comcast Business in the former Oregon/SW Washington region. He also served on the board of the Portland Business Alliance. With more than 20 years of international commercial experience, Alan joined Comcast from DHL Express where he served in several leadership roles, including Vice President, Commercial and Customer Service. In this role, he led sales, marketing, pricing, yield management, and customer service. Prior to that, Alan held several leadership roles, including Vice President, Commercial for DHL Express Brazil, and Vice President, Multi-National Customers Americas, where he was responsible for leading the development of all corporate customers for DHL Express across the Americas.

Alan has lived on three continents over his career and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. He earned his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. In his free time, he enjoys being with family and friends, exploring the nature of California, and sampling the world-class local wine and beer.

Jenny Milkowski is a 7x Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, content strategist, and live streaming host who has spent more than 20 years waking audiences up, from Chicago newsrooms at WGN, CBS, and FOX to hosting her own radio show to San Diego stages and, most recently, e-commerce live streams where she hosts for women-founded brands and converts viewers into buyers in real time. Jenny believes the most powerful business tool is a well-told story, and she has spent her career proving it, building brands from scratch, racking up millions of organic views and thousands of dollars in revenue, all while growing real community and never once losing the audience. Trained at The Second City Chicago, she brings sharp communication skills, an endless curiosity about people, and a sense of humor that keeps rooms warm and conversations moving. When she is not hosting executive dinners or coaching brands on content strategy, she is teaching Pilates, which is simply hosting with more spandex.

Romy Ricafort is Vice President of Sales Engineering for Comcast Business, where he leads sales engineering and field sales operations teams supporting customers across 13 states. With more than 25 years of experience in telecommunications, networking, cybersecurity, cloud technologies, and sales engineering leadership, Romy helps organizations modernize infrastructure, strengthen security, and navigate digital transformation with practical, scalable solutions.

In his role, Romy is responsible for technical strategy, customer engagement, and solution development across connectivity, managed network, cloud, and cybersecurity services. He also oversees Field Sales Operations, including RFP Management, Sales Program Management, and Sales Analytics, helping align strategic initiatives, improve sales execution, and support data-driven decision-making across the organization.

A frequent speaker and industry thought leader, Romy brings an executive perspective on cybersecurity, AI governance, digital infrastructure, and the evolving role of technology in enabling business growth while managing risk.