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
![Russell Eubanks](/participants/images/Eubanks_Russell.jpg)
Russell Eubanks
VP and CISO
Federal Reserve Bank of ATL
Biography
![Lynda Fleury](/participants/images/Fleury_Lynda.jpg)
Lynda Fleury
Vice President and CISO
Unum
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2008
ISE® North America Executive Award Finalist 2005
Biography
![Elliott Franklin](/participants/images/Franklin_Elliott.jpg)
Elliott Franklin
Director of IT Governance & Security
Loews Hotels
![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
Speakers
![Joe Bennett](/participants/images/Bennett_Joe.jpg)
Joe Bennett
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Adient
Biography
![brooks_jeremy](/participants/images/brooks_jeremy.jpg)
Jeremy Brooks
Information Security Architect
Aaron's
Biography
![Justin Bumpus](/participants/images/Bumpus_Justin.jpg)
Justin Bumpus
Information Security Solution Architect
Tractor Supply Company
Biography
![Cullivan_Julie](/participants/images/Cullivan_Julie.jpg)
Julie Cullivan
Chief People & Technology Officer
ForeScout
Biography
![](/participants/images/Dasari_Phani.jpg)
Phani Dasari
Head of Business Security
TikTok
Biography
![James Edgar](/participants/images/edgar_james.jpg)
James Edgar
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
FleetCor
Biography
![Matthew Harper](/participants/images/Harper_Matthew.jpg)
Matthew Harper
Director Cyber Crime Prevention, Global Security Architecture, and Product Security
Aflac
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
![Keever_Kim](/participants/images/Keever_Kim.jpg)
Kim Keever
CISO and Senior Vice President of Security, Analytics & Technology Services
Cox Communications
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Winner 2019
ISE® North America Executive: Commercial Award Winner 2019
Biography
![Khalfan_shaun](/participants/images/Khalfan_shaun.jpg)
Shaun Khalfan
VP, Information Security
Freddie Mac
Biography
![Ashley Lee](/participants/images/lee_ashley.jpg)
Ashley Lee
Manager, Software Engineering – Payments Solutions
Aaron's
Biography
![Marci McCarthy](/participants/images/McCarthy_Marci.jpg)
Marci McCarthy
CEO and President
T.E.N.
Biography
![Scobee_Michael](/participants/images/Scobee_Michael.jpg)
Michael Scobee
Cyber Security Director
Delta Air Lines
Biography
![](/participants/images/Summit_Dave.jpg)
Dave Summitt
Chief Information Security Officer
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
ISE® Southeast People's Choice Award Winner 2017
Biography
![](/participants/images/Svidesskis_Vladimir.jpg)
Vladimir Svidesskis
Information Security Director
Georgia Lottery Corporation
![Nir Valtman](/participants/images/Valtman_Nir.jpg)
Nir Valtman
VP, Head of Product & Data Security
Finastra
![Bob Varnadoe](/participants/images/Varnadoe_Bob.jpg)
Bob Varnadoe
VP, Technology Risk Management
Kaiser Permanente
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2018
ISE® East Executive Award Finalist 2023
Biography
![Steven Zimmerman](/participants/images/Zimmerman_Steven.jpg)
Steven Zimmerman
SVP, Technology Security Operations
First Horizon Bank
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2006
Awards Presenters
![Joe Bennett](/participants/images/Bennett_Joe.jpg)
Joe Bennett
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Adient
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
![Manikin_Stoddard](/participants/images/Manikin_Stoddard.jpg)
Stoddard Manikin
VP, CISO
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
ISE® East Executive Award Winner 2024
Biography
![Bob Varnadoe](/participants/images/Varnadoe_Bob.jpg)
Bob Varnadoe
VP, Technology Risk Management
Kaiser Permanente
ISE® Southeast Executive Award Finalist 2018
ISE® East Executive Award Finalist 2023
Biography
Masters of Ceremonies
![](/participants/images/Chronis_Pete.jpg)
Pete Chronis
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer
WarnerMedia
![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