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    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

    Meeting Materials

    • 2022 Meeting Slides
    • 2022 Meeting Notes
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