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, UNG 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

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