Dmitri Alperovitch is Co-Founder and CTO of CrowdStrike. A renowned Researcher, he is a thought-leader on cybersecurity strategy and has served as Special Advisor to Department of Defense. In 2016, Alperovitch revealed Russian intelligence agencies’ hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), events which unveiled the full scope of cyber-influence operations being launched against the 2016 US Election. In 2010 and 2011, Alperovitch led the global team that investigated and brought to light Operation Aurora, Night Dragon and Shady RAT groundbreaking cyberespionage intrusions, and gave those incidents their names. He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including Fortune’s “40 Under 40,” Politico 50, MIT’s “Innovators Under 35” and Foreign Policy’s Leading Global Thinker.