Houston CISO Community

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today.

Supporting business agility with risk-based programs
Evaluating, communicating and responding to evolving threats
Building a culture of security to enable smart, secure decision-making

Houston CISO Governing Body

A regional Governing Body leads the Houston CISO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.

Co-Chairs

Mike Coogan

Waste Management
Senior Director, Cybersecurity

Angelique Grado

TechnipFMC
VP & Chief Information Security Officer

Annessa McKenzie

Calpine
VP of Supply Chain & Chief Security Officer

Derek Rude

Weatherford
Director, IT Security

Genady Vishnevetsky

Stewart Title Company
CISO

Members

Mark Adams

Superior Energy
Senior Manager, IT Security and Compliance/ CISO

Jason Adams

AmSty
Manager, Cyber Security

Neel Adhikari

Solvay North America, Inc.
Global Security Program Management

André Allen

ENGIE NA
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Lorenzo Alvarado

PIMCO
Head of Security

Jason Black

Tailored Brands
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer

Preston Broesche

Veeam
Director of Security Compliance

Catharina Budiharto

Phillips66
Digital Security Architect

Ted Butler

Global Atlantic Financial Group
AVP Information Security/DCISO

Randy Calhoun

Preventice Solutions Group
Information Technology Security Manager

Anthony Caruso

Apache Corporation
CyberSecurity Advisor

Mohit Chanana

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Manager, IT Security

Keith Chapman

Stewart & Stevenson
Mgr. Ntwk. Arch. & Sec.

Muni Chatarpal

Patterson-UTI Energy
Chief Information Security Officer

Mario Chiock

Schlumberger
Schlumberger Fellow

Marc Crudgington

Woodforest National Bank
CISO & SVP, Information Security

Alan Daines

Fortive
Chief Information Security Officer

Scott DeCandido

Eastdil Secured LLC
Information Security Officer

Yunique Demann

Wolters Kluwer
Associate Director Risk – Data Privacy

Paul Dial

Hess
CISO

Mary Dickerson

University of Houston System
AVP/AVC IT Security, CISO

Kimberly Ebright

loanDepot
VP & Chief Privacy Officer

Stephanie Franklin-Thomas

ABM
VP & CISO

Andy Freeman

DistributionNOW
Director, Information Security

Josh Garvey

Aramco Services Company
Security Operations Lead

Aric Getman

Dril-Quip
Manager, IT Cyber Security

Morgan Gothard

Energy Transfer
Sr Director - Identity, Compliance, IT Security

Shuja Haider

LivaNova
Senior Director - IT Compliance & Risk

Matt Harper

Devon Energy
CISO

Keith Herndon

Western Midstream
Chief Information Security Officer

Brad Hollingsworth

Mattress Firm
Director of Cyber Security

Bobby Joseph

Bristow Group
Chief Information Security Officer & Director, SAP Infrastructure

Christopher Kar

Fort Bend Independent School District
Information Security Advisor

Kent Knudsen

Enterprise Products Partners
Manager IT Security

Sameer Koranne

IBM
OT Lead, X-Force Incident Response

Chris Lanier

Legacy Community Health
Director Information Security

Justin Le

Par Pacific
IT Director - Information Security

Casey Lee

National Oilwell Varco
Director, IT Security

Sharon Lippe

Huntsman
Global IT Security Manager

Mark Littlejohn

Honeywell
Global Leader, Cyber Security Mg. Svcs.

Martin Littmann

Kelsey-Seybold
CTO & CISO

Linda Marcone

Conn's
VP & CISO

Deron McElroy

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Chief of Cybersecurity Services

John Mowery

ConocoPhillips
Director of Global Information Security

Dave Naples

McDermott International
Manager, Cyber Information Risk

Thinh Nguyen

Invesco
Global Technical Security Officer & Chief Security Architect

Tim Nguyen

BHP
Information Security Manager - CISO

Rob Nolan

Noble Energy
CISO

Nibin Philip

Landry's Inc.
VP, Chief Information Security Officer

Dr. Tim Proffitt

Insperity
Managing Director, Information Security

Ajoy Rao

Luby's
Director Compliance, Governance & Security

Mike Reynolds

SpeedCast
IT Security Manager - CISO

Nick Rose

Genesis Energy
Chief Information Officer

Tony Savelsbergh

Aramco Services Company
IT GRC Supervisor

Marc Scarborough

Rice University
CISO

Eric Seagren

Oceaneering International
Chief Information Security Officer

Robert Shaffer

UTMB Health
Associate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

Steve Slawson

Occidental Petroleum
Director - IT Integration, Acquisitions and Divestitures

René Smeraglia

NASA Johnson Space Center
Chief Information Security Officer (NASA-JSC)

Tim Smith

Westlake Chemical
Global CISO

Scott Smith

City of Bryan
Chief Information Security Officer

Cynthia Soares

Baylor College of Medicine
Director, IT Information Security

Diego Souza

Cummins
Global Chief Information Security Officer

Adam Traylor

Wilsonart
CISO, Director of Information Security

Keith Turpin

The Friedkin Group Inc
CISO

Stuart Wagner

Enterprise Products Partners
Director, IT Sec. & Compliance

Kevin Weaver

CommonSpirit
Division Cybersecurity Officer

Bryan Whiteside

Baker Hughes
Senior Director Cyber Security

James Williamson

Intertek Group plc
CISO

Chris Wolski

Port of Houston Authority
CISO

Craig Wood

Tricon Energy
Director of Infrastructure and Security

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Derek Benz, CISO
The Coca-Cola Company

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VF Corp

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Jon Moore, CISO
Humana

Upcoming Programs

IN-PERSON

April 13, 2022 | an evening

Houston CISO Inner Circle

Dukessa

A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.

June 28, 2022 | 1 hour

Houston CISO Virtual Town Hall

Surviving the “Golden Age” of Ransomware

An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.

September, 2022 | 3 days

Global CISO Executive Summit

A summit for CISOs with global responsibilities to come together and discuss challenges unique to global operations.

Content from your CISO peers

BLOG | JANUARY 19, 2022

Swinging the Pendulum — Women Technology Leaders in 2021

The content team at Evanta, who ensures all topics and agendas are driven ‘by C-level executives and for C-level executives,’ set a goal – to intentionally and deliberately showcase women technology leaders at Evanta in-person summits. Read on to see what they were able to accomplish in 2021.

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SESSION INSIGHTS | JANUARY 13, 2022

Striking the Right Balance Between Data Agility and Privacy

Security leaders need to maintain consistent and centralized control of data, but they also must ensure that data authorization is agile, adaptive, and leveraged in a timely manner. Explore insights from CISOs on striking a balance between data protection and security and its access for business insights and intelligence.

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BLOG | JANUARY 12, 2022

What C-Level Executives Were Reading in 2021

As you’re returning from holidays and getting back into work, we wanted to share some articles and survey findings you might have missed in 2021. These are some of the most-viewed articles (and most listened to podcasts!) on Evanta.com in the past year.