2026 CarolinaCISO ORBIE Awards Winners

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September 9, 2026 • 8:15 AM

The Westin Charlotte

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Congratulations to the 2026 CarolinaCISO ORBIE Awards winners!

Leadership

Jim
O'Connell

CISO In Transition
Super Global

Chase
Carpenter

Honeywell International
Global

Frank
DePaola

Enpro Industries
Large Enterprise

Martin
Strasburger

Duke Energy
Enterprise

Sophie
Street

State Employees' Credit Union
Large Corporate

Tom
Watson

iSolved HCM
Corporate

Joe
Evangelisto

NetSpi

Leadership
Award Recipient

Jim
O'Connell

Super Global
Finalists

Michael
Adams

Henry
Capello

Chase
Carpenter

Gavin
Guttersen

Jeffrey
Roman

Global
Finalists

Frank
DePaola

Jerry
Fowler

Rick
Scot

Philip
Swain

Brian
Wilson

Large Enterprise
Finalists

Stephen
Davis

Amy
Geiger

Coy
Hollingsworth

Jeff
Slone

Martin
Strasburger

Enterprise
Finalists

Ed
Brown

John
Hoyt

Michael
Irwin

Arun
Sankaran

Sophie
Street

Large Corporate
Finalists

Dustin
Baptiste

Chris
Johnson

Chuck
Kesler

Bernice
Russell-Bond

Tom
Watson

Corporate
Finalists

Steve
Cobb

Joe
Evangelisto

Chris
Morris

Crystal
Pitts

Sterling
Yancy

Eric
Zach

CarolinaCISO Underwriters

Gold Partners

Silver Partners

Bronze Partners

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