On Tuesday, 4 November 2025, Dryad Global CEO Corey Ranslem will facilitate the Port Leadership panel at the Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) Port & Maritime Security: Risks and Resilience conference, hosted at Terminal 6, Port Tampa Bay.
View from the Top: Florida Port CEOs on Today’s Critical Issues
Corey will lead a discussion with senior leaders from across Florida’s port community, focused on the leadership challenges and opportunities facing U.S. ports right now.
Panel time: 10:50 a.m. (local)
Panelists:
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Steven Burdian, Director of Safety & Security, JAXPORT
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Carlos Buqueras, Executive Director, Seaport Manatee
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Sam Sullivan, Port Director, Port Putnam
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Chad Harrod, Chairman, Port Tampa Bay
Florida’s 16 deep-water ports move 100M+ tons of cargo and contribute $117B annually to the state economy. With that scale comes complex risk—from cyber-physical threats and regulatory pressure to extreme weather, workforce and capacity planning. The panel will surface the top issues each port is grappling with, along with the leadership behaviours and partnerships that turn plans into action.
Themes the panel will explore
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Operational resilience: hurricanes, infrastructure hardening, business continuity
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Cyber–physical convergence: OT security on the bridge and at the berth; attack surface reduction
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Situational awareness: fusing threat intelligence, AIS/GNSS anomalies, and port-level alerts
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Regulation & assurance: MTSA/TWIC, incident response, reporting and insurance requirements
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Growth & efficiency: cruise/cargo throughput, digitalisation, workforce and training pipelines
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Public–private coordination: exercises, information sharing and joint decision-making
How Dryad Global supports port leaders
Dryad’s Secure Voyager Hub provides a single operational picture for port and terminal operators, blending maritime threat intelligence with cyber indicators, configurable alerts and workflows—so security, operations and compliance teams can see the same risk picture and act faster. If you’d like to meet on the day, both Corey Ranslem and Erik Speyer (CTO) will be at the conference.
Event hosted by the Global and National Security Institute (GNSI) in partnership with Port Tampa Bay.
