With over two decades of experience in the event and information security industries, Russell Phillips is a leader in event access control. Russell coordinates all aspects of event access control technology and leads the Information Security team at SXSW, and has been instrumental to the operational success of one of the largest cultural events in the world. His in depth field experience in the myriad hardware, software, and human complications provides him with nuanced insights into turning policy into practice. Running among the world’s largest mobile event access control deployment provides the perfect testing ground to hone training, implementation, and incident response. A lifelong proponent of the hacker ethos, Russell remains fascinated with all technology weird and wonderful. Mesh SDR networks and at-home pulse dialing telephony are current personal project areas. Russell is a Certified Information Security Systems Professional and a member of Telephone Collectors International.