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.
ISE® CENTRAL-WEST Executive Award Judges
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
Harshal Mehta
VP, Chief Information Security Officer
CWT
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2023
Biography
Jason Skaria
Global Chief Information Officer
Foundever
Biography
Jeremy SmithVP, Information Security Officer
Avery Dennison
ISE® West Executive Award Winner 2023
Biography
ISE® CENTRAL-WEST Presenters and Speakers
Janie Aggas
Vice President, Cyber Security
Head of Business Information Security Office
CBRE
Biography
Kai Axford
Vice President, Global IT Operations and Security
Trintech
Biography
Todd Bair
VP, Cyber Crime Architect
Bank of America
Biography
Arif Basha
Vice President
Collectors
ISE® Central-West Executive Award Winner 2024
ISE® Central-West People's Choice Award Winner 2024
Biography
James Binford
Director, Offensive Security
Humana
Biography
Chris Cammilleri
Analyst, Cybersecurity Engineering
Blackstone
Biography
Jayaprakash (JP) Cheenepalli
Director, Product Security and Data Security Strategy
Cencora
Biography
Curtis Coleman
Associate Professor, Director of Cybersecurity Education Center
Oklahoma Christian University
ISE® West Executive Award Winner 2012
ISE® North America Commercial Executive Award Finalist 2012
Biography
T.E.N. Success Story
Kevin Dunn
Senior Vice President, CIO, CISO
U.S. Retirement and Benefits Partners
Biography
Joseph Farah
Business Information Security Officer
Mr. Cooper
Biography
Travis Farral
VP & CISO
Archaea Energy
Biography
Matt Fearin
Global CISO
East West Bank
Biography
Sylvia Huang
Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Analytics
Toyota Motor North America
Biography
Shashank Kapoor
CISO
Truckstop
Biography
Rohit Kohli
Vice President, Deputy CISO
Genpact
Biography
Jack LeideckerChief Information Security Officer
Gong.io
ISE® East Executive Award Finalist 2024
Biography
Mike Madero
VP, Information Security
Mr. Cooper
Biography
Adam Maslow
Vice President IT Security and Infrastructure, Fry Cook & Cashier
Raising Cane's
Blane Moore
Director of Information Security & Compliance
Invitation Homes
Biography
Ryan Reynolds
Senior VP, Head of Cyber Risk Oversight
U.S. Bank
Biography
Kell Rozman
Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering
Toyota Motor North America
Biography
Connor Shields
Assistant VP, Cybersecurity Alert, Detection, & Response
Blackstone
Biography
ISE® CENTRAL-WEST Awards Gala Hosts
Mignona Cote
Chief Security Officer
NetApp
ISE® Central People's Choice Award Winner 2017
ISE® Central Executive Award Finalist 2017
ISE® North America Executive: Health Care Award Winner 2017
Biography
Marci McCarthy
CEO and President
T.E.N.
Biography