Zack Glick was born in San Francisco, grown in Buffalo, educated in Syracuse, and living back in Buffalo after trips thru Rhode Island, North Virginia, and Washington state. He returned to Buffalo NY in 2020.

Zack has 10+ years of experience in the cybersecurity field. He is currently a principal cloud security engineer with M&T Bank. Previous work experience includes: Zatik Security, New Relic, AWS Security, Dell Secureworks, and the Syracuse City School District. Previously he has worked in coordinated vulnerability disclosure, incident response, and threat modeling.

He has been a CFP reviewer for the fwd:cloudsec conference 2021-25, as well as Bsides Buffalo 2024-25 . He has been on the steering committee for Buffalo Startup Week 2022, and DevOpsDays Buffalo 2023. He has presented at conferences such as AWS Re:Invent, and Bsides Buffalo.

Outside of the cybersecurity space, he is the host of Buffalo Open Coffee Club (BOCC) a free event open to all members of the Western New York community. Which meets every Tuesday morning for a stimulating blend of networking, idea-sharing, and gourmet coffee. In addition to BOCC he is an active member of the startup community in Buffalo NY volunteering with groups such as the Startup and Innovation Collaboratory @ University at Buffalo, Tech Buffalo, and BootSector. He is a member of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s Community Outreach Council.