Department of Information Systems and Security
Fall 2026 #ISENG Speaker Series
The #ISENG Speaker Series is hosted by the Department of Information Systems and Security during the fall and spring semesters. This is a great opportunity for current Information Systems and Cybersecurity students to connect and network with professionals in the field.
To earn ISENG credit for watching one of the recordings listed here, please submit a Suitable reflection.
| Date | Speaker |
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September 8 |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ATP Workshop Series Led by Cassidy Farrahar and Juliana Howser Session 1: Overview |
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September 16 |
4:10 PM - 5:45 PM Javad Ra'ed, Global Technology Sales and Marketing Account Management Professional |
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September 17 |
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM IS Alumni Panel Panelists: Taylor Harbin, Fadl Idris, Jules Ferguson, and Andrew Shattuck |
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September 17 |
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Candace Jones, Global Talent Acquisition Executive |
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September 21 |
5:45 PM - 6:55 PM Deloitte Career Panel Panelists: Yesenia Arreguin, Joyclyn Kinsey, Derec Mackiewicz, Rincie Thuita, and David Townsend Moderator: Jessica Harris |
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September 22 |
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ATP Workshop Series Led by Susan Hollenbeck Session 2: Resumes |
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September 22
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12:45 PM - 2:05 PM Nathan Hufnagel, Team Lead - Cybersecurity Engineering at TekStream Solutions |
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September 24 |
9:35 AM - 10:55 AM Manoj Varma Lakhamraju, Manager of Digital Product, Human Capital Management and Enterprise Technology Leader, CVS Health |
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September 24 |
4:10 PM - 5:45 PM Charles Wallace, Sr. Fasttrack Architect - Healthcare & Life Sciences at Microsoft |
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September 28 |
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM Jackie Matassa, Director Project Management & Chief of Staff at Cox Automotive Inc. Brian DeLuc, Founder | Learning, Designed |
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September 30 |
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM Hemant Soni, Digital Product Delivery & Management Leader - Telecom, Media and Technology Practice at Capgemini |
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September 30 |
5:45 PM - 7:05 PM Bryce Winston, Cybersecurity Engineer ll at Akamai Technologies |
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October 1 |
12:45 PM - 2:05 PM Areejit Banerjee, AI Governance & Data Protection Strategist |
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October 12 |
10:20 AM - 11:15 AM Madhavi Bonthu, Senior Director of Application Development at ADP Location: BB 293 or Teams |
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October 13 |
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM Asher Andree, Principal Security Consultant at Google Cloud (Mandiant) Location: BB 468 or Teams |
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October 16 |
1:50 PM - 2:45 PM Brandon Hart, Enterprise Data & Analytics Leader Location: BB 293 or Teams |
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October 20 |
12:45 PM - 2:05 PM Jemir Martinez, Cloud & AI Specialist at Microsoft Location: BB 468 or Teams |
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October 21 |
3:00 PM - 3:55 PM Taylor Head, Business Performance and Metrics Strategist at Truist Location: BB 150 or Teams |
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October 22 |
12:45 PM - 2:05 PM Mike Rarer, Leadership Coach, Advisor, Speaker Location: BB 466 or Teams |
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October 22 |
12:45 PM - 2:05 PM risk3sixty Location: BB 468 or Teams |
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November 2 |
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM Tim Derrico, Vice President – DT&D, Data Platform Engineering at Cargill Location: BB 468 or Teams |
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November 3 |
12:45 PM - 2:05 PM Garrett McGuire, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst Location: BB 468 or Teams |
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November 9 |
1:50 PM - 2:45 PM & 3:00 PM - 3:55 PM Saira Boghani, Lead Technical Product Owner at Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center Location: BB 150 or Teams |
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November 11 |
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM Kyle Smith, Cybersecurity Leader Location: ALC 2103 or Teams |
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November 11 |
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM Hemant Soni, Digital Product Delivery & Management Leader - Telecom, Media and Technology Practice at Capgemini Location: BB 466 or Teams |
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November 17 |
12:45 PM - 2:05 PM Omi Ahmed, IT Project Manager (Consultant for Fiserv) at Infinite Computer Solutions Location: BB 468 or Teams |
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November 18 |
4:10 PM - 5:45 PM Javad Ra'ed, Global Technology Sales and Marketing Account Management Professional Location: BB 466 or Teams |
| November 19
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12:45 PM - 2:05 PM Jonathan Sams, Solutions Engineer at Cisco Location: BB 468 or Teams |
Previous #ISENG Speaker Series:
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Spring 2022
- IS/ISA Alumni Panel
- Melinda Carrion, GenSpark
- Glenn Chamberlain, Coalfire
- Martin Fisher, Northside Hospital
- Noel Kierans, CelticQA Solutions
- Gabby Little, Manhattan Associates
- Thomas Harris, Abacus Solutions
- Lee Heisman, Savant Comprehensive Technical Solutions
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Fall 2022
- Noel Kierans, CelticQA Solutions
- Patrick Jenkins, ADP
- Sanjeev Thadani, Manhattan Associates
- Ambrielle August, Salesforce
- Shane Peden, OneVizion
- risk3sixty
- Aakash Shah, ICBL
- Glenn Chamberlain, Coalfire
- Thomas Harris, Abacus Solutions
- IS/ISA Alumni Panel
- Steve Riddick, VISA
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Spring 2023
- Omi Ahmed, Fiserv
- Martin Fisher, Northside Hospital
- IS/ISA Alumni Panel
- risk3sixty
- Noel Kierans, CelticQA Solutions
- Delta Airlines
- Women's Tech Panel
- QTS Tour
- Animikh Sen, VISA
- Internship Panel
- Glenn Chamberlain, Coalfire
- Apple
- Graydon McKee, VISA
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Fall 2023
- IS/ISA Alumni Panel
- Collin Shippee, Phaxis
- Jeff Jahn, Dynamix
- Jennifer Baker, Synovus
- Chris Riddle and Louis Leclerc, AWS
- Glenn Chamberlain
- risk3sixty
- Aakash Shah, ICBL
- Noel Kierans, CelticQA Solutions
- Omi Ahmed, Corpay
- Kristin Cornish, The Coca-Cola Company
- Dr. Animikh Sen, VISA
- Dr. Marcel Fallet, Stem Technical Leader, National Security Agency
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Spring 2024
- IS/ISA Alumni Panel
- Carson Reynolds
- Jennifer Baker, Synovus
- Alex Meier, Seyfarth
- Chris Riddle, AWS
- Chick-fil-A Speaker Panel
- Omi Ahmed, Corpay
- AWS Speaker Panel
- Noel Kierans, CelticQA Solutions
- Kendall Morris, risk3sixty
- Richard Davis, Microsoft
- Chris Silvers, CG Silvers Consulting
- Women's Tech Panel
- QTS Tour
- Graydon McKee, Visa
- Robert Thornton Jr. and Neeraj Seth, IRS
- Jemir Martinez, Microsoft
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Fall 2024
- IS/ISA Alumni Panel
- Chris Silvers, CG Silvers Consulting
- Clay Worley, Fiserv
- Elizabeth Moncrieff, Fiserv
- risk3sixty
- Rafal Los, ExtraHop
- Ariel Robles, JAS Worldwide
- Matt Freemyer, Coalfire
- Credera
- Edwin Fromayan, Fiserv
- Jemir Martinez, Microsoft
- Tammara Johnson, Edward Jones,
- Jennifer Baker
- Robert Thornton Jr. and Neeraj Seth, IRS
- Perla Khattar
- Darryl Washington, CGI
- Animikh Sen, Visa
- Noel Kierans, CelticQA Solutions
- Catresa Barlow, Dell Technologies
- Tim Hicks and Stacie McDowell, Tokio Marine HHC
- Richard Davis, Microsoft
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Spring 2025
- ISS Alumni Panel
- Carson Reynolds
- Ariel Robles, JAS Worldwide
- Farha Idriss, Chick-fil-A Corporate
- Chris Black, NBCUniversal
- Clay Worley, Fiserv
- risk3sixty
- Cobb County Fire Department
- QTS Tour
- Brandy Vargas, Crum & Foster
- Amazon Tech Panel
- Jennifer Baker
- Rajiv Virdy, Synchrony
- Jemir Martinez, Microsoft
- Chick-fil-A Corporate Panel
- EY Panel
- JR Rickerson, Red Rivet Studios
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Fall 2025
- Noel Kierans, CelticQA Solutions
- ISS Alumni Panel
- Collin Shippee
- Tim Chapman, The Coca-Cola Company
- Jeff Cotter, Intercontinental Exchange
- Hemant Soni, Capgemini
- Jonathan Sams, Cisco
- Carson Reynolds
- Women in Tech Panel
- Stuart Smith, Delta
- AWS GenAI Innovation Event
- JR Rickerson, Red Rivet Studios
- Dr. Animikh Sen, Visa
- Oliver Villacorta, Smith + Howard
- Brandy Vargas
- Edwin Fromayan, Fiserv
- Cobb County Fire Department
- Clay Worley, Warner Bros. Discovery
- Darrell Washington and Kaiya Roland, CGI
- AI Panel
- Denise McCurdy
- Jemir Martinez, Microsoft
- Jerry Liu, Cargill
- Voke Elstein, Intuit
- Bryce Winston
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Spring 2026
- Steven Herring, randstand
- Jason Stewart, KSU UITS
- IS Alumni Panel
- Brandie Butler, AT&T
- Mike Rarer
- Taylor Head, Truist
- AWS GameDay
- Kyle Smith
- Reshaun Owens, FinQuery
- Anjie Adeyemo, AT&T
- Charles Wallace, Microsoft
- Abasi Wint, Genuine Parts Company
- Farha Idriss, Chick-fil-A Corporate Support Center
- Noel Kierans, CelticQA Solutions
- Jemir Martinez, Microsoft
- risk3sixty
- Jonathan Sams, Cisco
- QTS Tour
- CGI
- Lee Pace, Pace Consulting Group
- Christopher Dehner, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
- Salesforce Panel
- Tim Chapman, The Coca-Cola Company
- Chameka Amerson, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
- What is Consulting Panel
- Cobb County Fire Department
- Paul Johnson, XentIT, LLC
- Stuart Smith, Delta
- Omi Ahmed
- Bryce Winston, Akamai Technologies
- ATS Lunch/Learn
- Glenn Chamberlain, Concerto Compliance
- Javad Ra'ed