Judges

Eric Clay

International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS)

Mr. Clay serves as the Vice President of Security Services for one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S. and is the current President of the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety.

Sandi Davies

International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO)

Sandi began her career in contract security in 1980 with a primary focus on personnel administration.  She became deeply involved in training and was instrumental in developing Security Officer training programs for a major national guard company.  Her interest in security training grew and in 1988 she joined the newly formed International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO). 

Ashley Ditta

International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS)

Ashley N. Ditta, MS, CHPA, CPP, has over 15 years of security, safety and parking experience in the healthcare sector.  Currently she is the Director of Public Safety and Parking at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, a medium-sized community hospital in the greater Boston area.  Previously she served as the Director of Police, Security, Safety and Parking; Safety Officer at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, both in Boston, MA.

Doug Farber

Infragard National Members Alliance (INMA)

Doug Farber is the Global Head of Security for Millennium Management, a leading a global alternative investment management firm, which manages more than $40 billion in assets with offices in United States, Europe and Asia.

Mark P. Hahn

Information Security Systems Association (ISSA)

Mark Hahn is Qualys’s Solutions Architect for Cloud and DevOps Security. In this role he works with Qualys’s clients to ensure that cloud applications and infrastructure are secure and reliable. Mark uses DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineering practices to ensure that software and applications are deployed with high velocity and with the utmost security. 

Bob Hayes

The Security Executive Council

Bob Hayes is the principal architect and founder of the Security Executive Council (SEC). He has more than 25 years of experience developing security programs and providing corporations security services, including seven years as the CSO at Georgia Pacific and nine years as security operations manager at 3M.

Eric Kready

ASIS International 

Eric Kready, CPP served 20+ years in the United States Army before transitioning to a civilian Security Professional career in the private sector.

Alvar Orellana McBride, CPP

ASIS Foundation

Alvar is a board-certified security professional in risk management, crisis management, corporate security management, cyber and electronic security.

Jessica Minion

International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO)

Jessica R. Minion serves as the Executive Director of the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO), bringing more than 15 years of expertise in the financial security sector, with a specialization in anti-money laundering and regulatory compliance. 

Jaime P. Owens CPP

ASIS Foundation

Jaime is the Manager of Corporate Security and Emergency Response for The Panama Canal. Responsible of the Integrated Security Strategy, the technical operations, development of security programs, executive protection, security investigations, Security control center and emergency response, and implementation of ESRM.

Jonathan Perillo

ASIS International 

Jonathan Perillo is an innovative and accomplished security leader who continuously seeks to find unique ways that security departments can add organizational value. While Jonathan demonstrates that this takes a truly tailored approach for each company, the fundamental pillars that he employs to achieve this are risk collaboration, organizational alignment, and empowering capable security teams. 

Ric Pohland

National Association of Security Companies (NASCO)

Ric Pohland has served in Government (military) and private security since 1983, most recently as President, and Chief Operating Officer for American Security Programs (2015 – 2021), and as President of Coastal International Security. In those roles, he developed and led corporate strategic direction and operational initiatives to ensure high-quality security operations and generate business growth.

Stacey Porter

International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC)

Stacey Porter is a high-level security professional leader with more than 20 years of Department of Homeland Security experience, where he managed security personnel in the aviation and security industry. Mr Porter held a Top-Secret security clearance for over twenty years while employed with the federal government and has experience working with public and private sector organizations at the local, state, national and international levels.

Omar Valdemar

ASIS International

Omar Valdemar is an accomplished security professional and Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with over 35 years of experience in corporate security program optimization. As the founder of Valdemar Group LLC, he provides expert guidance in asset protection and risk mitigation, helping organizations enhance their safety and security programs.

Vince Vittatoe

International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC)

Vince Vittatoe is the Principal/CEO at Vittatoe Consulting, LLC., an independent Security Management Consulting firm based in McKinney, Texas.

Vince has over 30 years of combined law enforcement, nine with the Dallas Police Department, and private sector experience holding Director level Safety, Security, and Loss Prevention positions for both publicly and privately held companies in the hospitality and restaurant industries.