Advisory Council
2020 - 2022
Phillip Nierodzik, Manager,
IBM Security (chair 2019-2022)
Gold Sponsors
- Shannon Whiting*, SVP,
Business Information Security Manager,
Truist (formerly SunTrust) - Charlton Barker, Business Systems Manager,
Georgia Power
Government Seats
- Ian Thomas, NSA-Georgia
[vacant] Project Manager GA Dept Economic Development
Non Sponsor Members
- Flavio Villanustre, VP Technology & CISO,
LexisNexis Risk Solutions - Dale Jordan, Director of Cyber Security,
DataPath/MaxDefense - Jim Crupi*, Alumnus/Trustee
- Shannon Vaughn*, Chief Innovation Officer,
Aveshka - Brian Murray*, Manager Cyber Security Audit,
Equifax - Kyle Johnson*, Information Systems Administrator,
Amicalola EMC - Steven Herring*,Senior Cybersecurity Analyst,
Dell SecureWorks - Cornel du Preez*, Principal Security Architect,
Honeywell - Shawn Brown, President and COO,
SnapTechIT - Doug Britton, CTO and Director,
RunSafe Security - Lydia du Preez*, Cyber Security Analyst III,
COUNTRY Financial - James Azar, CyberHub USA
- Grady Johnson, DeepInstinct
* Alumni are indicated by an asterisk
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 9:10 a.m. | Welcome | Phillip Nierodzik, Sr. Manager, IBM Security & Chair, 91ÁÔÆæ Cyber Advisory Board |
| 9:10 - 9:15 a.m. | Update on the Mike Cottrell College of Business | Dr. Mary Gowan, Dean Mike Cottrell College of Business |
| 9:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Student Programming & Competition News | Dr. Bryson Payne, Professor of Computer Science |
| 9:45 - 10:00 a.m. | Continuation pf MCCB Update and Introduction of COL Chris Mitchiner (USA, Ret.), Executive Director of the Institute for Cyber Operations | Mary Gowan |
| 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. | Overview of Institute for Cyber Operations Plans and Discussion | COL Chris Mitchiner (USA, Ret.) |
| 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. | Wrap-Up | Chris Mitchiner & Phillip Nierodzik |