Industry Recognizes Innovation With Awards Program
National Trade Productions (NTP) announced the winners of the first annual Profiles in Innovation Awards on July 25, 2003, at the GOVSEC Security Conference and Exposition in Washington, D.C.
Members of the security and law enforcement community were eligible to be nominated for a Profiles in Innovation Award. Winners were chosen by members of the Advisory Boards for both GOVSEC and the U.S. Law Enforcement Conference and Exposition (U.S. LAW), based on how nominees faced a security challenge, addressed strategic areas and developed a solution for the challenge, and on results of the approach.
Category: Chairman’s Award National
First Place Award:
William Pelgrin, Director, New York State Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination
Category: Cyber Security
First Place Award:
Bruce Brody, CISM, CISSP, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and Information Security, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Cyber and Information Security
Category: Disaster Preparedness/First Responders
First Place Award:
Steve Morrison, Executive Director, National Corrections & Law Enforcement Training & Technology Center
Honorable Mention:
Jane S. Long, Director, Heritage Emergency National Task Force, Heritage Preservation
Category: Emergency Preparedness & Response
First Place Award:
John R. Babb, Area Port Director, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Honorable Mention:
James Papineau, Vice President, Professional Services, Applied Marine Technology Inc. and D’Arcy Morgan, Branch Chief, Exercises, Office for Domestic Preparedness, United States Department of Homeland Security
Category: Information Security
First Place Award:
Calvin Miller, CISSP, District of Columbia Director of Information Security, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, DC Government
Category: Law Enforcement
First Place Award:
Rodney Chambers, Police Officer, Amtrak, and Michael DeCarlo, Police Officer, U.S. Capitol Police
Honorable Mention:
Colonel James M. Hughes, North Dakota Highway Patrol
Category: OPSEC
First Place Award:
Cheryl S. Hess, Division Chief, Information Security, Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State
Honorable Mention:
Thomas Mauriello, Director, Interagency OPSEC Support Staff, Interagency OPSEC Support Staff
Category: Physical Security
First Place Award:
Transportation Security Administration and Covenant Aviation Security
Honorable Mention:
Thomas Comerford, Manager of Technical Services, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
