ISE Awards

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

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

Russell Eubanks
VP and CISO
Federal Reserve Bank of ATL
Biography

Elliott Franklin
Director of IT Governance & Security
Loews Hotels

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

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

Kevin Morrison
VP, Chief Information Security Officer
Driven Brands
ISE® Southeast People’s Choice Award Winner 2015
Biography

Gene Scriven
Chief Information Security Officer
ACI Worldwide
ISE® Southeast People’s Choice Award Winner 2008
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2008
Biography
T.E.N. Success Story

Michelle Stewart
Chief Information Security Officer
Safe-Guard Products

Speakers

Kunal Anand
CTO
Imperva
Biography

Joe Bennett
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Adient
Biography

Scott Breece
VP of Security & CISO
Community Health Systems
ISE® North America Health Care Executive Award Finalist 2012
Biography

Shane Callahan
Director, Information Security, BCP/DR
Tractor Supply Company

Brent Comstock
Sr. Director, Global Data & Endpoint Protection
ADP
Biography

Randy Conner
Director, Threat Prevention, Detection and Response
NCR Corporation

Ashley Ewing
CISO
University of Alabama
Biography

Curley Henry
Vice President and Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
Southern Company
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

Atul Kanvinde
Director, Clinical Applications
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Biography

Stoddard Manikin
VP, CISO
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
ISE® East Executive Award Winner 2024
Biography

Marci McCarthy
CEO and President
T.E.N.
Biography

David Nolan
CIO & CISO
Aaron's
ISE® East Executive Award Finalist 2023
ISE® East People's Choice Award Winner 2023
Biography

Tony Spurlin
Vice President & Chief Security Officer
Windstream
ISE® North America People's Choice Award Winner 2005
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2018
Biography

Nir Valtman
VP, Head of Product & Data Security
Finastra

Bob Varnadoe
VP, Technology Risk Management
Kaiser Permanente
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2018
ISE® East Executive Award Finalist 2023
Biography

Awards Presenters

DJ Goldsworthy
Vice President of Security Operations & Threat Management
Aflac
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