About Speaker

Will Knehr leads enterprise IT and cybersecurity with a business-first approach, helping organizations reduce risk, meet compliance expectations, and modernize technology while enabling growth. As director of IT and cybersecurity and global cybersecurity advisor at i-PRO Americas, he translates security, regulatory and customer requirements into practical programs that improve resilience, streamline operations and strengthen customer trust in regulated markets.

Knehr's work spans enterprise security strategy, governance, incident readiness, identity and endpoint security, vulnerability management and cloud and network hardening. He has led successful audit and compliance outcomes including SOC 2 Type II and PCI-DSS, aligns controls to CMMC Level 2 and NIST-based frameworks, and draws on prior Navy experience supporting NSA/DISA environments.