(ISC)2 Phoenix Chapter

Mark Turturo

As president, Mark Turturo oversees and ensures compliance with the numerous internal and external requirements that directly impact 501(c)6 organizations. He guides the development of internal processes and controls to meet and ensure current and future compliance. Mark works closely with the current Secretary and Treasurer to develop a robust accounting and document control processes.

Mark earned his Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification (CISSP) and has maintained it since 2011.

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Anthony Dezilva

Anthony is an industry veteran with 20+ years in both IT Infrastructure and Software Development.  At least 15 of which directly related to Cyber.  In his various roles, he has had the pleasure of mentoring and developing team members.  He holds degrees in Software Engineering and Cyber Security, an MBA in Global Management, and is currently working on his PhD in I/O Psychology.  With an ultimate goal of contributing to the field as an educator of the next generation of cyber warriors.

Anthony is a Certified Presenter for the (ISC)² Safe and Secure Online® Program, a member of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council’s Cyber Workforce Development Workgroup, a member of Infragard, and an advisory board member of ACTRA.

Charles Esparza

 Charles Raymond Esparza, AKA Ray Esparza, has lived in Phoenix since age 12, he departed Phoenix at age 20 to do a 20 year career in the US Army retiring as a Signal Corps Computer Specialist with the rank of Major.  He returned to Phoenix with his wife of 43 years, Mary, whom he met while stationed in Germany.  He had several technical jobs in Phoenix including a State position where he designed and implemented the fiber optic system still in use in downtown Phoenix, the system still bears the name he gave it:  the Multi-Agency Network or MAGNET.  Ray was also a senior network administrator for the RTC Phoenix and the city of Scottsdale before settling in as a residential faculty for Glendale Community College where he brought in several new programs including Microsoft Technology, UNIX and Linux courses, and IT Security.  Ray created and taught the very first UNIX course in the Maricopa County Community College District in January 1993. He attained his CISSP in June 2005 and has maintained those skills and requirements since.  He retired from teaching in January 2016 and has been on the ISC2 board since March 2016.

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Karl Rusnock

Karl serves the (ISC)2 Phoenix Chapter as VP of Communications and as interim website administrator.  He enjoys working with Information security professions to combined the efforts of this chapter and vendors to provide key events of interest to our members.

Previously, Karl was an Adjunct Professor with ITT Technical Institute, teaching approved curriculum, developing lesson plans and instructional aids. Karl was a Systems Security Engineer at General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc for almost 11 years.  Karl brings organization collaboration skills to the board with a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a ScrumMaster® background. Karl is a member of (ISC)2, PMI, ScrumAlliance, Toastmasters International, IEEE, & ACM.

Karl earned his Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification (CISSP) and has maintained it since 2004.

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Gabe Gabaldon

Web Site Manager

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Marc Ortega

Marc Ortega has over 30 years of experience in various areas of Information Technologies and data communications. Marc has been involved in creating and caring for IT departments over these years. Marc spent 15 years in the Manufacturing sector providing security and communications for satellite, extrusion, aerospace, and pharmaceutical companies. Marc was involved in the creation of Distant Learning Centers for the Coast Guard on secure connections to provide training of Coast Guard personnel. Marc was also involved with the creation of "Remote Security Management Center" that was then turned over for patent in 2003. Marc created and maintained the network and servers used for gathering and disseminating network forensic data.

Marc earned his Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification (CISSP) and has maintained it since 2006.

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