HONORS & ACCOLADES

Awards & Professional Recognition

• Recognized for Exemplary Service by the University of Georgia, April 21, 2025.
• Honored with the Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure Security Professional (SCCISP) credential from the IoT Security Institute, 2022.
• Highly endorsed book, Cybersecurity Readiness: A Holistic and High-Performance Approach, published by SAGE Publishing, March 2021.
• Recognized by the CEO and Executive Director of Research, Robert Francis Group, for industry thought leadership.
• Recognized by the Vice Director, Department of Foreign Experts Affairs, Zhejiang Province, China, May 2019.
• Recognized by Terry Public Relations for having a positive impact on Terry/UGA.
• Recognized and felicitated by St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, December 21, 2017.
• Recognized and felicitated by Birla High School, Kolkata, December 18, 2017.
• Judge, Chicago CIO of the Year Award, 2017.
• Judge, Georgia CIO of the Year Award, 2010–2015.
• Society for Information Management Leader of the Year Award Finalist, 2014.
• Society for Information Management Leader of the Year Award Finalist, 2009.

University Leadership & Committee Roles

• Holds a Visiting Professorship at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, teaching in the Master of Engineering in Cybersecurity Program and the CISO Certificate Program.
• Advisory Council Member, PremierCIO Forum, 2009–Present.
• UGA Vice Provost’s Recognition of PRACS Committee Work, July 2017.
• UGA Provost’s Letter of Recognition, April 7, 2017.
• Chairman, University of Georgia’s Program Review and Assessment Committee (PRAC), 2016–2017.
• Vice-Chairman, University of Georgia’s Program Review and Assessment Committee (PRAC), 2015–2016.
• Chairman, Terry College of Business MBA Committee, 2013–2015.
• Chairman, Society for Information Management (SIM) Atlanta Chapter, 2008–2015.
• Co-Chairman, SIMposium 2010, SIM International Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• Accepted invitation from UGA’s Vice President for Instruction to serve on UGA’s Data Literacy Committee, February 27, 2018.
• Accepted invitation to UGA’s 2018 Teaching Academy Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium, April 13–14, 2018.
• Invited participant, UGA Academic Affairs Faculty Symposium, 2008 and 2009.
• Invited participant, ACM Education Board’s (NSF-funded) Future of Computing Education Summit, Washington, DC, June 25–26, 2009.

Teaching Honors

• UGA Career Center Recognition Letter and Certificate, December 12, 2019.
• Terry College of Business Recognition of Student Network Initiative, August 2017.
• UGA Career Center Recognition, April 2017.
• Nomination to UGA Senior Teaching Fellow Award, 2013.
• Recognized for innovative teaching in the Terry College Alumni Magazine, 2009.
• Nomination to Terry College Teaching Award, 2008.
• Recognized for innovative teaching on the UGA home page and in the Terry College Alumni Magazine, 2008.
• Nomination to UGA Senior Teaching Fellow Award, 2008.
• Outstanding Executive MBA Professor of the Year, 2007.
• Outstanding Teaching Faculty Honoree, 2007.
• Nomination to Terry College Teaching Award, 2007.
• Nomination to UGA Senior Teaching Fellow Award, 2007.
• Outstanding Teaching Faculty Honoree, 2005.
• Alpha Kappa Psi, MIS Teacher of the Year Award, University of Georgia, 2002.

Speaking & Conference Appearances

• Chair and Speaker, “AI, Machine Learning in Future Network” session, BIT’s 6th Annual World Congress, Nanjing, China, May 2019.