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](/participants/images/Bennett_Joe.jpg)
Joe Bennett
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Adient
Biography
![Paul Huesken](/participants/images/Huesken_Paul.jpg)
Paul Huesken
Chief Information Assurance Officer
The Coca-Cola Company
ISE® Southeast & ISE® North America Judge
Biography
![Craig Froelich](/participants/images/johnson_joey.jpg)
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](/participants/images/Nemecek_Donna.jpg)
Donna Nemecek
Senior Vice President
BNY Mellon
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2013
Biography
![Chris Ray](/participants/images/Ray_Chris.jpg)
Chris Ray
CISO
TriNet
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
T.E.N. Success Story
![Eric Schmidt](/participants/images/Schmidt_Eric.jpg)
Eric Schmidt
Information Security Officer
Eskenazi Health
ISE® Midwest Executive Award Finalist 2005
Speakers
![](/participants/images/bansal_arvin.jpg)
Arvin Bansal
Senior Director, Cyber, Governance and Risk
AmerisourceBergen
Biography
![Medha Bhalodkar](/participants/images/Bhalodkar_Medha.jpg)
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
![](/participants/images/Chandramoulie_Kumar.jpg)
Kumar Chandramoulie
Senior Director – Cyber Defense, Threat and Vulnerability Management
AmerisourceBergen
Biography
![Jason Clark](/participants/images/clark_jason.jpg)
Jason Clark
Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
Netskope
Biography
![Roland Cloutier](/participants/images/Cloutier_Roland.jpg)
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
![](/participants/images/Coffing_Bruce.jpg)
Bruce Coffing
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Chicago
![Marc Crudgington](/participants/images/crudgington_marc.jpg)
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](/participants/images/ford_nicole.jpg)
Nicole Darden Ford
Vice President, IT – Global Information Security & Chief Information Security Officer
Baxter International
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2018
Biography
![Todd Fitzgerald](/participants/images/Fitzgerald_Todd.jpg)
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](/participants/images/hu_garrison.jpg)
Garrison Hu
Principle Engineer
T-Mobile
Biography
![Knight_Wes](/participants/images/Knight_Wes.jpg)
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](/participants/images/Kozman_Steve.jpg)
Steve Kozman
Chief Information Security Officer
Athene Annuity-Life Assurance
ISE® Northeast People's Choice Award Winner 2018
![Fred Kwong](/participants/images/Kwong_Fred.jpg)
Fred Kwong
Director, Information Security (CISO)
Delta Dental Plans Association
Biography
![Ricardo Lafosse](/participants/images/Lafosse_Ricardo.jpg)
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](/participants/images/Markarian_Chuck.jpg)
Chuck Markarian
CISO
PACCAR
ISE® West Executive of the Year Award Winner 2018
ISE® West People's Choice Award Winner 2018
Biography
![Manikin_Stoddard](/participants/images/Manikin_Stoddard.jpg)
Stoddard Manikin
VP, CISO
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
ISE® East Executive Award Winner 2024
Biography
![Marci McCarthy](/participants/images/McCarthy_Marci.jpg)
Marci McCarthy
CEO and President
T.E.N.
Biography
![](/participants/images/mccarthy_tess.jpg)
Tess McCarthy
Employee Resilience Strategist
MassMutual
Biography
![](/participants/images/Meller_Jeremy.jpg)
Jeremy Meller
VP IS&T
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Biography
![Pace_Robert](/participants/images/Pace_Robert.jpg)
Robert Pace
VP, Information Security & CISO
Invitation Homes
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2022
Biography
![Marcia Peters](/participants/images/Peters_Marcia.jpg)
Marcia Peters
SVP, Information Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance
US Bank
Biography
![Chris Ray](/participants/images/Ray_Chris.jpg)
Chris Ray
CISO
TriNet
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
T.E.N. Success Story
![Rees_Catherine](/participants/images/Rees_Catherine.jpg)
Catherine Rees
VP, Cyber Security Strategy
Comcast
Biography
![Shelbi Rombout](/participants/images/Rombout_Shelbi.jpg)
Shelbi Rombout
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Bank
Biography
![Jim Routh](/participants/images/Routh_Jim.jpg)
Jim Routh
Chief Trust Officer
Saviynt
ISE® Luminary Leadership Award Winner 2016
Biography
![Garrison Hu](/participants/images/spafford_eugene.jpg)
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](/participants/images/Sutherland_Alden.jpg)
Alden Sutherland
Chief Information Security Officer
AmerisourceBergen
ISE® Northeast Executive Award Finalist 2018
Biography
![](/participants/images/Towers_Mike.jpg)
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](/participants/images/Wang_Yabing.jpg)
Yabing Wang
Deputy CISO
Carrier Corporation
Biography
Master of Ceremonies
![Todd Fitzgerald](/participants/images/Fitzgerald_Todd.jpg)
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](/participants/images/McKenzie_Kevin.jpg)
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](/participants/images/Hudson_Chuck.jpg)
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](/participants/images/johnson_joey.jpg)
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](/participants/images/Pace_Robert.jpg)
Robert Pace
VP, Information Security & CISO
Invitation Homes
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2022
Biography
![Chris Ray](/participants/images/Ray_Chris.jpg)
Chris Ray
CISO
TriNet
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2011
T.E.N. Success Story
![Shelbi Rombout](/participants/images/Rombout_Shelbi.jpg)
Shelbi Rombout
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
U.S. Bank
Biography
![Jim Routh](/participants/images/Routh_Jim.jpg)
Jim Routh
Chief Trust Officer
Saviynt
ISE® Luminary Leadership Award Winner 2016
Biography
![Brad Sanford](/participants/images/Sanford_Brad.jpg)
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](/participants/images/Schmidt_Eric.jpg)
Eric Schmidt
Information Security Officer
Eskenazi Health
ISE® Midwest Executive Award Finalist 2005
![](/participants/images/Towers_Mike.jpg)
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