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 focusing on SaaS Security and Cloud Security. His previous employers includes: Zatik Security, New Relic, AWS Security, Dell Secureworks, and the Syracuse City School District. In his career he has worked in diverse defensive cybersecurity spaces inluding: coordinated vulnerability disclosure, incident response, application security, security program development, 3rd Party Risk Management, 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, Bsides Buffalo, and Flower City AI.

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 board member and Dare To Repair volunteer with The Buffalo Tool Library. He is a member of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s Community Outreach Council.