The ISE® Awards are judged by qualified industry leaders, experts, practitioners, previous ISE® Award nominees, winners and finalists. Our judges represent diverse backgrounds from different industry sectors and are individuals of influence in the information security and technology industries. Judges may alsobe industry analysts and members of the media. Our presenters represent a diverse cross section of attendees from the private,public, government and academic sectors.
Judges, Speakers & Presenters
![James Beeson](/participants/images/Beeson_James.jpg)
James Beeson
Chief Information Security Officer
GE Capital
ISE® North America Executive Award Finalist 2011
![James Carpenter](/participants/images/Carpenter_James.jpg)
James Carpenter
Chief Security Officer
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Dallas, TX
ISE® Central People's Choice Award Winner 2009
![Mike Coogan](/participants/images/Coogan_Mike.jpg)
Mike Coogan
Director of Information Security
Waste Management
![Eric Fisch](/participants/images/Fisch_Eric.jpg)
Eric Fisch
Senior Vice President, Information Security
Texas Capital Bank
![Ajay Gupta](/participants/images/Gupta_Ajay.jpg)
Ajay Gupta
Director, Enterprise Information Security and Compliance
Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana
![Scott Howitt](/participants/images/Howitt_Scott.jpg)
Scott Howitt
Director of IT Risk and Capacity Management
J.C. Penney
ISE® Central Executive Award Winner 2012
![Doug Jacoby](/participants/images/Jacoby_Doug.jpg)
Doug Jacoby
Chief Information Security Officer
Baker Hughes
ISE® Central People's Choice Award Winner 2011
![Larry Lidz](/participants/images/Lidz_Larry.jpg)
Larry Lidz
Director-Information Security, Risk Management & Compliance
CNA
![Chris Ray](/participants/images/Ray_Chris.jpg)
Chris Ray
Chief Information Security Officer
Epsilon
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
![Gene Scriven](/participants/images/Scriven_Gene.jpg)
Gene Scriven
Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President
Sabre Holdings
ISE® Southeast People’s Choice Award Winner 2008,
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2008
![John R. South](/participants/images/South_John.jpg)
John R. South
Chief Security Officer
Heartland Payment Systems
ISE® Central Executive Award Winner 2011
![Phil Woods](/participants/images/Woods_Phil.jpg)
Phil Woods
Director, Technology & Security, CISO
Standard Register
![Brian Wrozek](/participants/images/Wrozek_Brian.jpg)
Brian Wrozek
IT Security Director
Texas Instruments Incorporated
ISE® Central Executive Award Winner 2008