Darrell Keeling is the Director of Information Security and Quality at Brown-Forman, where he is responsible for creating his organization's security and quality strategic vision. His mission is to be viewed as a business enabler through the introduction of strategic, innovative technologies and processes that protect what matters, while providing an uninterrupted secure and quality user experience to his organization users.  He is a result driven, recognized security executive who brings a unique combination of business acumen and security expertise with more than 20 years security-specific experience across a wide range of security disciplines. He is responsible for managing a diverse team of security and quality professionals that are responsible for providing security administration, governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, quality management, and threat management globally for his organization. Before joining Brown-Forman he served as an Information Security Officer for Farm Credit Services of Mid America and IT Manager, Infrastructure and Security for Jim Beam. 

Darrell supports the information security industry by serving as an advisory board member for the Kentucky, International System Security Association (ISSA) chapter and is a governing body member of the CISO Executive Summit. He also serves as a guest speaker at University Louisville, McKendree, Bellermine to promote and educate future security professionals on the importance of information security and privacy in today’s business.

Darrell is currently pursuing a Doctoral Information Technology Management, holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems (BS) from McKendree University and Associate of Science, Electronic Engineering Technology (AS) from Brown-Mackie College. He is certified through Carnegie Mellon's CISO Executive Education and Certification Program, CISO Institute at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Dartmouth College Business Engagement and the Information Security Professional programs, along industry certifications such as; Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/IT). He is also a proud veteran of the United States Army.