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 also be 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
Joe Bennett
Former CISO
Hertz Corporation
Paul Huesken
Chief Information Assurance Officer
The Coca-Cola Company
ISE® Southeast & ISE® North America Judge
Biography
Joey Johnson
CISO
Premise Health
ISE® Southeast Executive of the Year Award Winner 2017
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Finalist 2017
Biography
Donna Nemecek
VP, Manager Technology Risk Assurance & Senior Information Risk Officer
BNY Mellon
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2013
Biography
Chris Ray
CISO
TriNet
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
T.E.N. Success Story
Eric Schmidt
Director of Information Systems Security & CISO
Butler University
ISE® Midwest Executive Award Finalist 2005
Biography
Speakers
Arvin Bansal
Director Cyber, Risk and Governance
AmerisourceBergen
Biography
Medha Bhalodkar
CISO & AVP of Enterprise Risk Management, & Identity Access Management
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
Kumar Chandramoulie
Global Head, Director – Cyberdefense, Threat Intel and IR
AmerisourceBergen
Biography
Jason Clark
Chief Strategy Officer
Netskope
Roland Cloutier
CVP, Chief Security Officer
ADP
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Winner 2012
ISE® Northeast People's Choice Award Winner 2012
ISE® North America Commercial Executive Award Winner 2012
ISE® North America Executive Award Winner 2014 - Financial Category
ISE® Luminary Leadership Award Co-Winner 2018
Biography
T.E.N. Success Story
Bruce Coffing
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Chicago
Marc Crudgington
CISO, SVP Information Security
Woodforest National Bank
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2019
Biography
Nicole Darden Ford
Vice President, IT – Global Information Security & Chief Information Security Officer
Baxter International
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2018
Biography
Todd Fitzgerald
Managing Director/CISO
CISO Spotlight, LLC
2005 ISE® Central Finalist
2006 ISE® Central MC & Judge
2008 ISE® West MC
2012 ISE® North America MC
2015-2018 ISE® North America MC
Security Author
Biography
Garrison Hu
Principle Engineer
T-Mobile
Biography
Wes Knight
CISO
Georgia Department of Revenue
ISE® Southeast People's Choice Award Winner 2018
Biography
Steve Kozman
Senior Vice President, Identity and Access Management
AIG
ISE® Northeast People's Choice Award Winner 2018
Biography
Fred Kwong
Director, Information Security (CISO)
Delta Dental Plans Association
Biography
Ricardo Lafosse
CISO
Morningstar
ISE® Central Executive of the Year Award Winner 2019
Biography
Chuck Markarian
CISO
PACCAR
ISE® West Executive of the Year Award Winner 2018
ISE® West People's Choice Award Winner 2018
Biography
Stoddard Manikin
Director, Information Systems Security
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Biography
Marci McCarthy
CEO and President of T.E.N.
CEO and Chairman of ISE® Talent
Biography
Tess McCarthy
Employee Resilience Strategist
MassMutual
Biography
Jeremy Meller
VP IS&T
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Biography
Robert Pace
Vice President, Information Security & Compliance
First American Payment Systems
Biography
Marcia Peters
SVP, Information Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance
US Bank
Biography
Chris Ray
CISO
TriNet
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
T.E.N. Success Story
Catherine Rees
VP, Cyber Security Strategy
Comcast
Biography
Shelbi Rombout
SVP - Deputy CISO
MasterCard
Biography
Jim Routh
Chief Security Officer
Aetna
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Winner 2007
ISE® North America Executive Award Winner 2014 - Health Care Category
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2014
ISE® Luminary Leadership Award Winner 2016
Biography
Nate Smolenski
Director, Enterprise Strategy
Netskope
Gene “Spaf” Spafford
Professor of Computer Sciences and Executive Director Emeritus of CERIAS
Purdue University
ISE® Luminary Leadership Award Co-Winner 2018
Biography
Alden Sutherland
Chief Information Security Officer
AmerisourceBergen
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2018
Biography
Mike Towers
Chief Information Security Officer
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
ISE® Northeast Executive of the Year Award Winner 2015
ISE® North America Executive Award Winner 2015 - Health Care Category
Biography
Yabing Wang
VP and Chief Security Architect
Alight Solutions
Biography
Master of Ceremonies
Todd Fitzgerald
Managing Director/CISO
CISO Spotlight, LLC
2005 ISE® Central Finalist
2006 ISE® Central MC & Judge
2008 ISE® West MC
2012 ISE® North America MC
2015-2018 ISE® North America MC
Security Author
Biography
Kevin McKenzie
VP & CISO
Dollar Tree Stores
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2013
ISE® North America Academic Executive Award Winner 2013
Biography
Award Presenters
Charles Hudson
Executive Director, Security Strategy and Architecture
Comcast Corporation
ISE® Northeast People's Choice Award Winner 2014
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2014
ISE® North America Executive Award Finalist 2014 - Commercial Category
Biography
Joey Johnson
CISO
Premise Health
ISE® Southeast Executive of the Year Award Winner 2017
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Finalist 2017
Biography
Robert Pace
Vice President, Information Security & Compliance
First American Payment Systems
Biography
Chris Ray
CISO
TriNet
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
T.E.N. Success Story
Shelbi Rombout
SVP - Deputy CISO
MasterCard
Biography
Jim Routh
Chief Security Officer
Aetna
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Winner 2007
ISE® North America Executive Award Winner 2014 - Health Care Category
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2014
ISE® Luminary Leadership Award Winner 2016
Biography
Brad Sanford
Chief Information Security Officer
Emory University
ISE® North America Healthcare Executive Award Winner 2011
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2011
Biography
Eric Schmidt
Director of Information Systems Security & CISO
Butler University
ISE® Midwest Executive Award Finalist 2005
Biography
Mike Towers
Chief Information Security Officer
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
ISE® Northeast Executive of the Year Award Winner 2015
ISE® North America Executive Award Winner 2015 - Health Care Category
Biography