Nicolas Chaillan is a highly accomplished technology entrepreneur, software developer, cyber expert, and inventor who served as the first Air Force Chief Software Officer and Co-lead for the DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative. He also served as the Special Advisor for Cloud Security and DevSecOps at the Department of Defense and the Special Advisor for Cybersecurity and Chief Architect for Cyber.gov at the Department of Homeland Security. He founded 12 companies, including Learn with Nic and Ask Sage, Inc, and created and sold over 180 innovative software products to 45 Fortune 500 companies. He is a sought-after adviser and speaker, and participates in multiple industry conferences, with experience working in close collaboration with many Fortune 100 companies and the U.S. Government.