Vision Statement

GTISC IndustRY Advisory Board

The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) has created a 19-member board of industry advisors to give GTISC advice and strategy as it grows as an academic research organization in information security.

GTISC's board of advisors features security and technology executives from top organizations in the IT industry and the global business community:

Christopher J. Rouland - Chief Technology Officer and IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Internet Security Systems
Chair, GTISC Industry Partners Advisory Board 

George W. Cox - Strategist/Architect, Intel Corporation

George L. Heron - Vice President, Chief Scientist, McAfee 

Dr. Paul Q. Judge - Chief Executive Officer, Judge Ventures

David Ladd - Manager, External Research Programs-Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft

Steven Linowes - Chief Executive Officer, Damballa

Sanjay Macwan - Executive Director with AT&T Chief Security Office, AT&T

Edwin Marcial - Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer,  IntercontinentalExchange

Sam Phillips - Information Security Business Continuity, Bank of America

Tom Place - Director, Information, Security & Reg. Com., The Coca-Cola Company

Jon R. Ramsey - Chief Technology Officer, Secure Works

Josyula "J.R" Rao - Senior Manager Security Dept., Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM

Christopher Ray -  CISSP-ISSMP, 2nd Vice President, Information Technology Security, Aflac

David Rowan - Senior Vice President and Director, Enterprise Technology Risk Management, SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Anthony Michael "Tony" Rutkowski - Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and Standards, VeriSign, Inc.

Darren Shou - Senior Manager, Symantec Research Lab, Symantec

Caleb Sima - Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, SPI Dynamics

Tony Spinelli - Senior Vice President, Chief Security & Compliance Officer, Equifax

Aurobindo "Robin" Sundaram - Vice President of Information Security, ChoicePoint

W. David Thomas - Vice President of Product Strategy, AirDefense