From an early age, Michael Palmer’s mother impressed upon him the importance of hard work and a good education if he wanted to have a stable career. Even as a young boy, he worked odd jobs and saved his money to buy his first computer: an Atari 600XL. He bought computing magazines and books and…
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Philip Curran, Chief Information Assurance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, Cooper University Hospital Phil Curran headed straight from high school into the U.S. Air Force. He was stationed in Florida with the 1st Special Operations Wing for a number of years before being assigned to run a black program for the Pentagon from 1996 until…
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Bob Turner, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Wisconsin-Madison For Bob Turner, life is one big adventure. Just five days after his 18th birthday, Turner found himself on an airplane bound for Naval Training Center San Diego, where he would undergo his basic military training. Soon after that he was assigned to submarine school in…
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Tunde Oni-Daniel, Head of Information Security (CISO), Perdue Farms If there is a so-called “typical” pathway to becoming a CISO, Tunde Oni-Daniel freely admits that he didn’t follow it. Oni-Daniel was born in Brooklyn, New York to Nigerian parents who were attending college there. He was three years old when his parents graduated and decided…
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Randy Marchany, Chief Information Security Officer, Virginia Tech Randy Marchany is one of those rare individuals who has spent his entire career with the same employer. His time with Virginia Tech started four decades ago as a student, and he has worked his way up to CISO since then. And along the way, he earned…
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Paul Mocarski, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Sammons Financial Group Member Companies Some people have successful careers in the military. Others make their decades-long career in the civilian world. Paul Mocarski has both. He is simultaneously the vice president and CISO at the Sammons Financial Group Member Companies as well as a US…
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Michael Molinaro, Chief Information Security Officer, BioReference Laboratories, Inc. As Mike Molinaro prepares to collect his second graduate degree – an MBA from Florida Institute of Technology – he jokes, saying “I guess I’m educated beyond my capacity to learn now.” That’s hardly the case, as Molinaro’s career has been all about learning and adapting…
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Chief Information Security Officer, ASRC Federal When Darren Death had his first introduction to computers as a young man, it was anything but love at first sight. Those were the days of COBOL, Fortran and punch cards. Lots and lots of punch cards. “I couldn’t stand computers back in those days,” says Death. “I think…
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Security Risk Solutions, LLC, Owner Steve Katz is widely known in security circles as the very first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). As Katz puts it, “I got my start in this business way before there was cybersecurity, and way before there was anything.” Katz started his lifelong career in security with an internal consulting…
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Chemical Bank, Vice President, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer Like the builder of a complex jigsaw puzzle, Chris Mandelaris has masterfully put his career together, piece by piece, to reveal the overall picture. For years he has been steering his education, certifications, and series of roles toward his goal of becoming a Chief Information…
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