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
Michael Dierickx
Director PSIRT
Raytheon
Al Ghous
Chief Information Security Officer
Envision Digital
Jeremy Hittle
VP Security, CSO
Workday
Ralph Johnson
CISO
Los Angeles Times
ISE® West People's Choice Award Winner 2014
Biography
Pritesh Parekh
VP & Chief Security Officer
Zuora
San Francisco, CA
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2016
ISE® North America Executive: Commercial Award Finalist 2016
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2017
ISE® North America Executive: Financial Award Winner 2017
Biography
Steven Singer
Director of Information Security
LegalZoom
Biography
Speakers
John Abel
Senior Director of Security
Credit Karma
Selim Aissi
Chief Information Security Officer
Blackhawk Network
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2015
ISE® North America Executive Award Finalist 2015 - Commercial Category
Jon Backus
Product Manager
Aetna
Biography
Chris Calvert
Co-Founder & VP Product Strategy
Respond Software
Biography
Jim Covington
Division CISO
Pacific Life Insurance Company
Biography
Bernie Cowens
Executive Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
Utility Technology Solutions
Biography
John Kirkwood
VP IT, Chief Information Risk and Security Officer
Albertsons Companies
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2018
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2019
ISE® North America Executive: Commercial Award Finalist 2019
Biography
Avram Kornberg
Security and Technology Executive & Founder
Stratecution Consulting, LLC.
Biography
Saikat Maiti
Chief Information Security Officer
Upstart Networks
ISE® West People's Choice Award Winner 2016
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2016
Biography
Marci McCarthy
CEO and President of T.E.N.
CEO and Chairman of ISE® Talent
Biography
Pritesh Parekh
VP & Chief Security Officer
Zuora
San Francisco, CA
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2016
ISE® North America Executive: Commercial Award Finalist 2016
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2017
ISE® North America Executive: Financial Award Winner 2017
Biography
Steven Singer
Director of Information Security
LegalZoom
Biography
Sudharma Thikkavarapu
Head of Cybersecurity Transformation (Sr. Manager)
T-Mobile
Biography
Jeff Trudeau
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Chime
ISE® North America Health Care Executive Award Winner 2013
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2019
Masters of Ceremonies
Marci McCarthy
CEO and President of T.E.N.
CEO and Chairman of ISE® Talent
Biography
Jeff Trudeau
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Chime
ISE® North America Health Care Executive Award Winner 2013
ISE® West Executive Award Finalist 2019
Awards Presenters
Chris Calvert
Co-Founder & VP Product Strategy
Respond Software
Biography
Ajit Gaddam
Sr. Director / Chief Security Architect
VISA
ISE® West Executive of the Year Award Winner 2017
Biography
Jimmy Ip
Director of Network Security
WalmartLabs
Biography
Ralph Johnson
CISO
Los Angeles Times
ISE® West People's Choice Award Winner 2014
Biography