Spring 2026 #ISENG Speaker Series

The Spring 2026 event schedule will be updated soon! 

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 IS and ISA 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.  

Steven herring

Steven Herring, CISSP CISM, Cyber Defense Center Lead - Americas Region at Randstad

"Managing Risk in a Global Environment"

Tuesday, February 3 | 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM and 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

ISS Alumni Panel

Panelists: Suha Faiz, Josh Martin, & Amiyah Richardson

Thursday, February 5 | 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

OwlLife

Brandie Butler

Brandie Butler, Director-Technology | Technology Strategy & Standards at AT&T

"Intentional Career Growth - Defining Your Direction & Quantifying Your Impact"

Thursday, February 5 | 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM

Mike Rarer, Leadership Coach, Advisor, and Speaker

"Activate your Success Superpowers to Reach More Goals in Business and in Life"

Tuesday, February 10 | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Mike Rarer
Taylor Head

Taylor Head, Enterprise Resilience Risk Officer II at Truist

"Connecting People and Information: Early Career Insight for a Data-Driven World"

Wednesday, February 11 | 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM

AWS GameDay Security Edition

A gamified learning event that challenges participants to use AWS solutions to solve real-world technical problems in a team-based setting.

Friday, February 13 | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Kyle Smith

Kyle Smith, Cybersecurity Leader

"Learning to Play With Fire - Incident Response and Contingency Planning"

Tuesday, February 17 | 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Anjie Adeyemo, Lead Advanced Analytics at AT&T

"So you want to learn data analytics: from Classroom to Career"

Thursday, February 26 | 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM and 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM

Anjie Adeyemo
Farha Idriss

Farha Idriss,Systems Analyst III at Chick-fil-A Corporate

"What Does a Systems Analyst Do?"

Thursday, March 5 from 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM 

Previous #ISENG Speaker Series:
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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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