2008-9-24 Techxans San Antonio CIO Panel Forum (Wednesday)

John Petrie
Exec. Dir. & CISO
Harland Clarke

Mark Simmons
VP of IT
BancTec

Wes Ballinger
Consulting Systems Engineer
TippingPoint Technologies

John Dickson
Principal
Denim Group

Brandon Weilbacher
Senior Director
Product Line Research & Development
Aastra USA Inc.

Pam Terry
Executive Director & Co-Founder
Techxans | TechExecs

HOST:
Rick Shasteen
Director of IT
Silver Eagle Distributors

Lewis Watkins
Chief Information Security Officer
The University of Texas System
Lewis Watkins is Chief Information Security Officer for The University of Texas System. He is responsible for providing leadership and direction for and implementation of an information security action plan that encompasses the system's nine academic and six health institutions.

Prior to his current assignment, he served as Director of Information Resources for the University of Texas System Administration. As such he was responsible for the operational aspects of information technology within the organization including user and network support, records and document management, systems development, and IT security.  Mr. Watkins served on the U. T. System Administration Compliance Committee for eight years.

Prior to joining the U.T. System Administration, Mr. Watkins was Manager of Data Processing for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas with oversight responsibility for all IT operations and applications development. In addition, he has held a number of positions at the U. T. Austin campus.  Mr. Watkins holds a B.S. of Ed. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and a M.Ed. from the University of Alaska. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

John F. Petrie III, MBA, CISSP, CISM, CHS-III, CBM
Chief Information Security Officer
Harland Clarke

Mr. Petrie is a 26 year seasoned Technologist and Information Security Professional with solid senior management experience in the Manufacturing, Financial Services, Defense, Technology Consulting, Telecommunications, and Academic Healthcare industries. As the Chief Information Security Officer for Harland Clarke, he leads the Information Security Office and manages the Corporate Information Security Program (ISP), which supports check manufacturing and check-related services, contact center services and direct response marketing solutions as well as 6000 knowledge workers. Mr. Petrie’s responsibilities include: information security strategy; information security policy development; risk management, analysis and mitigation; computer incident management; security monitoring; business impact analysis; business continuity and disaster recovery; technology analysis and review; training and awareness; and enterprise information security operations.

Prior to Harland Clarke, Mr. Petrie was the Chief Information Security Officer for the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio responsible for the Institutions’ Information Security Program. He has held various positions in the information technology and information security industry including, senior project manager, senior systems security engineer, general manager, director, and principal consultant. Mr. Petrie received an MBA in Information Systems from City University, a Bachelors of Science in Liberal Arts from the University of the State of New York, and is a graduate of the Defense Intelligence College in Washington D.C. He holds multiple industry certifications including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Homeland Security-Level III (CHS-III), and Certified Business Manager (CBM). Mr. Petrie is a member of several associations and organizations including the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X9F, Computer Security Institute, Information Systems Security Association, Information Systems Audit and Control Association, the American Management Association, the Association of Professionals in Business Management, and is the Past Treasurer Member of the Northeast Independent School District Career and Technology Advisory Council.

Brandon Weilbacher
Senior Director
Product Line Management and Research & Development
Aastra USA Inc.  (www.aastra.com)
Brandon Weilbacher is Senior Director of Product Management and Research & Development for Aastra, a global leader in IP based communications systems. He leads Aastra's US Product Development Center of Excellence focused on delivering solutions to the large enterprise market. Prior to Aastra, Brandon was Director of Product Management at Epygi Technologies, a start-up IP PBX manufacturer, and has held various leadership positions at Nortel Networks. With 15 years experience in communications, his primary areas of focus are VoIP, unified communications, contact centers, and video communications. Brandon has authored many white papers, articles, and market studies. He received a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MBA from the SMU Cox School of Business.

Wes Ballinger
Consulting Systems Engineer
TippingPoint Technologies (www.tippingpoint.com)
Wes Ballinger is a Consulting Systems Engineer at TippingPoint Technologies, where he is responsible for designing IPS secured network solutions. Mr. Ballinger joined the TippingPoint team in 2005. Prior to joining TippingPoint, Mr. Ballinger spent 11 years designing network infrastructure and security solutions for numerous large enterprise environments. During his time in the industry Mr. Ballinger has obtained various certifications from 3Com, Cisco, Cabletron, CheckPoint, Network Associates and TippingPoint.

FORUM MODERATOR:

John Dickson
Principal
Denim Group Ltd. (www.denimgroup.com)
John Dickson is a principal at Denim Group, Ltd. and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) whose technical background includes hands-on experience with intrusion detection systems, telephony security and application security. He has consulted with Fortune 500 clients, Department of Defense organizations and numerous Chief Information Officers regarding their organizations’ security programs and has served as Chief Information Security Officer for a major healthcare organization.  John Dickson is a former U.S. Air Force officer who specialized in network defense and command and control while on active duty and Air Force Reserves. He joined Denim Group after holding several leadership positions at high profile organizations including Regional Vice President of International Operations and Director of Consulting at SecureLogix Corporation, Senior Account Manager at Trident Data Systems and Manager at KPMG’s Information Risk Management consulting practice. In these positions, he specialized in network penetration projects, firewall project management, enterprise security reviews, security architecture development, intrusion detection and more.  John regularly speaks in front of numerous security groups including the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). He has also presented at several conferences including CSI 2007, the annual Computer Security Institute Conference, the Texas Regional Infrastructure Security Conference (TRISC) and ConSec 2006. Most recently, he facilitated a Peer2Peer session at RSA 2008. He is a founder and former chairman of the San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative (SATAI), a founder of the Alamo Chapter of ISSA and the Chairman Elect of the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, a Master of Science degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

FORUM WELCOME:

Anthony Huang
Founder & CEO
Technology Executives Network (Techxans | TechExecs|
arh@techxans.org
866.661.0258
As a well known industry icon, Anthony Huang has been a successful entrepreneur with a solid track record of having started and sold four profitable business ventures. Along with two other individuals, Pamela Terry and Laura Ramey, Anthony Huang launched the Techxans organization back in 2000.  Techxans.org has sustained the ups and downs of the Information Technology industry for the past 7 years and continues to strive and grow in size and capabilities.  In 2001, Techxans reached national and international attention for helping to launch EnronX.org which was the largest Ex-Enron contact site and was mentioned on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine.  In January 2007, Techxans formed Techxans InterActive Broadcast providing Internet TV broadcasting, strategic online advisory services for Techxans Corporate Members & Sponsoring companies.  Prior to Techxans, Anthony Huang was the CEO of Rexton InterActive Consulting that led the market in providing strategic web consulting for over 100 major clients across 23 different industries. Anthony also served as the CIO for 2 healthcare ventures.  Anthony began his career with Apple Computers and Ernst & Young and was a recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1998 with The Greater Houston Partnership.  He has been a speaker at numerous conferences including InformationWeek, Gartner Group Midsize Enterprise Summit, and Red Herring Venture Forums. Anthony graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Management Information Systems and lives in Sugar Land with his wife and two children.