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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