Faculty Directory

Helen Patton is a strategic cybersecurity advisor at Cisco. Previously, she served as a CISO for the Cisco Security Business Group, and an Advisory CISO, providing strategic insights to the security community. She was the CISO at The Ohio State University and spent ten years in risk and resiliency at JPMorgan Chase. Helen is a founding member for the Cybersecurity Canon and the National Technology Security Coalition.

Lisa Perdelwitz brings over 20 years of global leadership and cybersecurity expertise. She is the Founder and CEO of Ligilo, a leadership consultancy, is a Board Advisor for the Cyber Resilience ISAC (CR-ISAC), and serves part-time in the Air National Guard. Lisa has led global security organizations, advised C-suite executives and boards on managing cybersecurity risk, shaped federal policies, and developed multinational cyber defense and warfare strategies. Throughout, she consistently focuses on creating competitive advantage by developing and investing in leaders who build resilient, high-performing tech teams and cultures.

Carlos is a Principal Consultant and Research Team Lead for TrustedSec, an information security consulting company. Carlos was the Director of Reverse Engineering and Integrations for a major Vulnerability Management company where he lead the team efforts in reversing protocols and vulnerabilities for the expansion of vulnerability scanning products, he also lead the team search and reporting of zero-day vulnerabilities on multiple consumer and enterprise products. Carlos is also an independent trainer having trained both offense and defensive principals to private and government customer.

Ken leads as the Chief Digital & Information Officer at Reladyne. He is responsible for defining and executing its business technology strategy and leading its digital transformation initiatives. Ken previously served as CIO for U.S. Silica, Global Partners, SGR Energy, and MRE Consulting, where he contributed to tremendous growth and transformation. He is a strategic business partner who leverages emerging technology solutions, vendor partnerships, and people development across multi-industry verticals – logistics, retail, manufacturing, oil and gas, and consulting to accelerate the pace of bottom-line results.

Mike is the Chief Technology Officer at Security Risk Advisors, an information security advisory and SOC services firm. With over a decade of healthcare C-level experience, Mike has overseen and managed software development, SOC, and innovation groups in the information security realm. He has had the unique experience of fulfilling CISO and CTO roles in the healthcare payer, provider, and medical device manufacturer spaces. Mike is also a Microsoft MVP, with a focus on AI in Cyber Security.

Chris is a Principal Consulting Engineer at BitSight Technologies, an information security risk management company that created the security ratings platform market. He has 35 years in information security and served in a variety of technical and management roles ranging from a programmer for the US intelligence community to founder and CEO of his own consultancy. Chris’s experience has spanned many industries working in organizations as large as IBM in addition to small startups. Although he spent almost a decade building the IoT security practice at IBM and running an Industrial Control and automotive security practice at Booz Allen, his current focus has shifted to enterprise risk. Bringing his broad experience in information security, Chris also serves as a mentor and advisor to science and technology organizations.