ISE® North America 2018 Judges, Speakers and Presenters

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

Joe Bennett
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Adient
Biography

Paul Huesken

Paul Huesken
Chief Information Assurance Officer
The Coca-Cola Company
ISE® Southeast & ISE® North America Judge
Biography

Craig  Froelich

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

Donna Nemecek
Senior Information Risk Officer
BNY Mellon
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2013
Biography

Chris Ray

Chris Ray
CISO
TriNet
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
T.E.N. Success Story

Eric Schmidt

Eric Schmidt
Information Security Officer
Eskenazi Health
ISE® Midwest Executive Award Finalist 2005

Speakers

Arvin Bansal
Senior Director, Cyber, Governance and Risk
AmerisourceBergen
Biography

Medha Bhalodkar

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

Kumar Chandramoulie
Senior Director – Cyber Defense, Threat and Vulnerability Management
AmerisourceBergen
Biography

Jason Clark

Jason Clark
Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
Netskope
Biography

Roland Cloutier

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

Marc Crudgington
CEO, vCISO, Founder, Author
CyberFore Systems Corp.
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2019
ISE® North America Executive: Financial Award Winner 2019

Biography

Nicole Darden Ford

Nicole Darden Ford
Vice President, IT – Global Information Security & Chief Information Security Officer
Baxter International
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2018
Biography

Todd Fitzgerald

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
2015-2019 ISE® North America MC
Security Author

Biography

Garrison Hu

Garrison Hu
Principle Engineer
T-Mobile
Biography

Knight_Wes

Wes Knight
Chief Information Security Officer
Georgia Department of Revenue
ISE® Southeast People's Choice Award Winner 2018
ISE® Luminary Leadership Award Winner 2019

Biography

Steve Kozman

Steve Kozman
Chief Information Security Officer
Athene Annuity-Life Assurance
ISE® Northeast People's Choice Award Winner 2018

Fred Kwong

Fred Kwong
Director, Information Security (CISO)
Delta Dental Plans Association
Biography

Ricardo Lafosse

Ricardo Lafosse
Chief Information Security Officer
The Kraft Heinz Company
ISE® Central Executive of the Year Award Winner 2019
ISE® North America Executive: Financial Award Finalist 2019

Biography

Chuck Markarian

Chuck Markarian
CISO
PACCAR
ISE® West Executive of the Year Award Winner 2018
ISE® West People's Choice Award Winner 2018

Biography

Manikin_Stoddard

Stoddard Manikin
CISO
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Biography

Marci McCarthy

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

Pace_Robert

Robert Pace
VP, Information Security & CISO
Invitation Homes
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2022
Biography

Marcia Peters

Marcia Peters
SVP, Information Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance
US Bank
Biography

Chris Ray

Chris Ray
CISO
TriNet
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
T.E.N. Success Story

Rees_Catherine

Catherine Rees
VP, Cyber Security Strategy
Comcast
Biography

Shelbi Rombout

Shelbi Rombout
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Bank
Biography

Jim Routh

Jim Routh
Board Member, Advisor and Former CISO
Industry-Leading Enterprises
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 Nate Smolenski
Head of Cyber Intelligence Strategy
Netskope
Biography
Garrison Hu

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

Alden Sutherland
Chief Information Security Officer
AmerisourceBergen
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2018
Biography

Mike Towers
Former Chief Digital Trust Officer
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
ISE® Northeast Executive of the Year Award Winner 2015
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Winner 2015
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Winner 2020
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Winner 2020

Biography

Yabing Wang

Yabing Wang
Deputy CISO
Carrier Corporation
Biography

Master of Ceremonies

Todd Fitzgerald

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
2015-2019 ISE® North America MC
Security Author

Biography

Kevin McKenzie

Dr. Kevin McKenzie
Former SVP of Information Technology & Enterprise CISO
Dollar Tree Inc., Family Dollar Inc.
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2013
ISE® North America Academic Executive Award Winner 2013

Biography

Award Presenters

Chuck Hudson

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

Craig  Froelich

Joey Johnson
CISO
Premise Health
ISE® Southeast Executive of the Year Award Winner 2017
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Finalist 2017

Biography

Pace_Robert

Robert Pace
VP, Information Security & CISO
Invitation Homes
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2022
Biography

Chris Ray

Chris Ray
CISO
TriNet
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
T.E.N. Success Story

Shelbi Rombout

Shelbi Rombout
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Bank
Biography

Jim Routh

Jim Routh
Board Member, Advisor and Former CISO
Industry-Leading Enterprises
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

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

Eric Schmidt
Information Security Officer
Eskenazi Health
ISE® Midwest Executive Award Finalist 2005

Mike Towers
Former Chief Digital Trust Officer
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
ISE® Northeast Executive of the Year Award Winner 2015
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Winner 2015
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Winner 2020
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Winner 2020

Biography