These nominees have demonstrated outstanding leadership and exemplary achievement in the areas of information security, risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and network security. They have proven their ability to develop innovative security strategies and solutions to meet business challenges in their organizations and the industry. Congratulations to the ISE® North America Award Nominees!
Commercial Category
Jennifer Cole
CISO, VP of Information Security and Governance
ServiceMaster
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2016
Biography
Patricia Collins-Weedon
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Discovery Communications, LLC
Biography
John Graham
CISO
EBSCO Industries
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2012
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2016
ISE® North America Executive Award Finalist 2016 - Commercial Category
Mansoor Khan
Chief Information Security Officer
Ruby
Bill O'Hern
Senior Vice President & CSO
AT&T
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2016
ISE® North America Executive Award Winner 2016 - Commercial Category
Biography
Pritesh Parekh
VP & Chief Security Officer
Zuora
San Francisco, CA
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2016
ISE® North America Executive: Commercial Award Finalist 2016
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2017
ISE® North America Executive: Financial Award Winner 2017
Biography
David Rooker
Chief Security Officer
Actian Corporation
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2016
Biography
Academic/Public Sector Category
Frank Aiello
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer
MAXIMUS
ISE® Northeast People's Choice Award Winner 2016
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2016
Biography
Andrea Bennett
Executive Director
CETPA
Medha Bhalodkar
CISO, Enterprise IT Risk Officer
Columbia University
ISE® North America Executive Award Winner 2015 - Academic/Public Sector Category
ISE® North America Executive Award Winner 2016 - Academic/Public Sector Category
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2018
Biography
Financial Services Category
Selim Aissi
Chief Information Security Officer
Blackhawk Network
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2015
ISE® North America Executive Award Finalist 2015 - Commercial Category
Marc Crudgington
CEO, vCISO, Founder, Author
CyberFore Systems Corp.
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2019
ISE® North America Executive: Financial Award Winner 2019
Biography
Craig Froelich
Chief Information Security Officer
Bank of America
ISE® North America Executive: Financial Award Winner 2016
ISE® Southeast Executive of the Year Award Runner Up 2017
ISE® North America Executive: Financial Award Finalist 2017
Biography
Steve Jensen
Global Chief Information Security Officer
Aegon
ISE® North America Commercial Executive Award Finalist 2013
ISE® North America Financial Executive Award Finalist 2016
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2017
ISE® East Executive Award Finalist 2023
Biography
V.Jay LaRosaVice President, Global Security Architecture
ADP
ISE® North America People's Choice Award Winner 2016
Biography
Jason Lish
Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer
Alight Solutions
ISE® West Executive of the Year Award Winner 2016
ISE® North America Executive Award Finalist 2016 - Financial Category
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2018
Biography
Health Care Category
Vikrant Arora
Chief Information Security Officer
Hospital for Special Surgery
ISE® North America Executive Award Finalist 2014 - Health Care Category
ISE® Northeast Executive of the Year Award Winner 2016
ISE® North America Executive Award Winner 2016 - Health Care Category
Biography
Connie Barrera
Corporate Director & CISO
Jackson Health System
ISE® Southeast People's Choice Award Winner 2016
ISE® North America Executive Award Finalist 2016 - Health Care Category
Biography
Michael LarsonDirector, Attack Surface Management, IT Security Operations
Optum, Inc.
Charles Newberry
Chief Information Security Officer
Quintiles
Biography
Scott Pettigrew
VP, Chief Security Officer
HMS
Irving, TX
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2014
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Finalist 2014
ISE® Central People's Choice Award Winner 2015
ISE® Central Executive Award Winner Finalist 2015
ISE® Central Executive of the Year Award Winner 2016
ISE® Central People's Choice Award Winner 2016
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Finalist 2016
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Finalist 2017
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Finalist 2019
Biography