CISO Chicago
2026 Speakers
Arpi Long
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
COLLECTIVE HEALTH
Pal Vankayalapati
Chief Information Officer
PLZ CORP
Kathryn Mattie
Chief Information Officer
BRIGHTPOINT
George Coleman
Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
ARIEL INVESTMENTS (advisory board member)
Mike Koleno
Chief Technology Officer
BETTER TRUCKS
Josh Aubey
Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer
WELLBE SENIOR MEDICAL
Oscar J Giraldo
Assistant Vice President of Data Security
WATERTON
Anamika Roy
Director, IT Audit & Data Analytics
OLD REPUBLIC GENERAL INSURANCE
Abiola Olamoyegun
Vice President, Information Technology IA
PHEAA
Mel Fenner
Chief Digital Innovation Officer
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
Kiran Rallabandi
Chief Technology Officer
WARRANTY PROCESSING
Shelby Kiger
Cybersecurity Engineer
MCDONALD’S
Jigar Shah
Chief Information Security Officer
MEDUSIND
Brandin Brooks
Senior Credentialing Specialist
WELLBE SENIOR MEDICAL
Jeremiah Johnson
Associate Director of AV Collaboration
THE KRAFT HEINZ
Tellis Williams
Chief Information Security Officer
THE DREAM EXCHANGE
Viken Shah
Senior Sales Engineer
FASTLY
Dave Gerleman
Board Member
INFRAGARD CHICAGO MEMBER ALLIANCE
Chris Carter
Partner, Chief Information Security Officer Services
INFINATE PARTNERS
Marc Tabago
Senior Solutions Engineer
TRENDAI™
James Knighton
Chief Information Security Officer
KNIGHTON REALTY
Ross Esguerra
Director Cloud & Systems Engineering
HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
Robert Wagner
Advisory CISO
ISSA CHICAGO CHAPTER
Flotentin Zlatea
Enterprise Architect Cyber Security & Risk Management
THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY

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