About this Event
Join us for the ISACA North Texas Monthly Meeting, where we'll connect and discuss topics important to our members.
Welcome to the ISACA NTX Meeting happening in person on October 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM (Central Time) at Cotality! Connect with industry professionals, expand your network, and gain valuable insights into the latest trends and developments in the field. Don't miss this opportunity to stay up-to-date and engage with like-minded individuals. Following this month’s ISACA North Texas meeting, join ISACA for a two-hour networking event, bringing together cybersecurity professionals to connect, share insights, and explore the expansive 4,000+ member strong ISACA community.
This is a prime opportunity to engage with industry peers, expand your professional network, and uncover resources and support within the ISACA North Texas Chapter. Your ticket to the October in-person meeting also gets you into the Networking Happy Hour . Just RSVP. Join us for a day filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and knowledge sharing. Don't miss out on this chance to connect with industry professionals and expand your expertise. Mark your calendars and get ready for a productive day ahead! See you there!
Speaker 1 : Sidharth Ramsinghaney, Growth and Transformation Executive
Sidharth brings ~20 years of executive leadership experience across the US, EU, and Asia, having worked at strategy and management consulting firms including McKinsey and Company and Deloitte, alongside top tier technology companies. His global strategic expertise has been instrumental in driving transformational initiatives for Fortune 100 organizations.
Currently serving as Director of Corporate Strategy and Transformation at Twilio, Sidharth has established himself as a transformational leader who bridges strategic vision with executable outcomes. He is a three time TEDx speaker, having delivered talks on technological innovation and strategic leadership.
His expertise has been recognized through multiple industry awards, including the Dallas Business Journal 40 under 40 and FAST COMPANY’s inaugural class of top 40 global executives driving growth in the AI era. He has authored publications in leading business journals, with insights featured in outlets including Forbes, Business.com, and CIO.com. He holds an MBA with Honors from Boston University, a degree in Electrical Engineering from India.
Company: Twilio
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramsinghaney/
Session Title : Built to Transform: A Decision Framework for Growth, Integration, and Change
Session Description : Apply a decision framework to determine how much integration or change a given function or initiative actually needs, instead of defaulting to one uniform approach across the board.
- Identify and map cross functional dependencies before they cascade into operational, financial, or reporting failures.
- Evaluate transformation and integration programs through a risk and governance lens, spotting early which programs run on a real operating model and which are still improvising.
Speaker 2: Ron Dagdag, Research Engineering Manager
has spent 25 years figuring out which tool fits the problem—and when “good enough” is the right engineering choice. Today, he leads AI research engineering at Thomson Reuters, building agentic systems that hold up in production, not just on stage.A Microsoft MVP since 2017, Ron is currently recognized in Web Development and Microsoft AI Foundry, with previous awards in Windows, Mixed Reality, and IoT. He speaks internationally, organizes community events across DFW, and keeps tinkering with agents, robots, and half-finished ideas.He builds things, tests what breaks, and teaches what works.Code > Create > Coach > Repeat.
Company: Thomson Reuters Labs
LinkedIN:
Session Title: Human-Agent Communication Challenges
Session Description: - By the end, attendees will be able to::- Identify communication gaps that cause unwanted agent actions- Recognize and defend against prompt injection in agentic pipelines- Apply the Can-do / Plan / Doing / Done framework to agent UX design- Implement scoped permission and approval patterns- Evaluate trust trade-offs when deploying action-taking agents
Speaker 3: Justus Ekeigwe, PhD CISA CISM CRISC CDPSE
AI Risk Governance and Technology Risk Leader
Justus has more than 20 years of experience spanning professional services
(KPMG and Deloitte) and financial services (JPMorgan Chase and Charles
Schwab).
He is a Senior Fellow at Audit Is Trustworthy Worldwide Advocacy
(AITWA), holds a PhD in Digital Forensics, and is certified as CISA, CISM,
CRISC, and CDPSE.
LinkedIN: linkedin.com/in/justusekeigwe
Session Title: From Incident to Insight: A Gamified Review of Real-World AI Incidents
Using the NIST AI RMF
Session Description: - In this hands-on session, we will work through real incidents together, and identify
and classify each along six dimensions:
the AI technology behind the incident
the AI technology’s primary function
the primary operator in the incident
Time: 10:00 am- 2:00 pm Central Time
CPEs: 3
Fee:
ISACA Member Cost: $40.00
Non-Member: $50.00
Agenda:
10:00 AM - 10:30 Registration
10:30 AM - 11:20 Speaker 1 - Sidharth Ramsinghaney
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Lunch
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Speaker 2 - Ron Dagdag
1300 PM - 13:50 PM Speaker 3 -Justus Ekeigwe PhD
Event venue & nearby stays
Cotality, 3001 Hackberry Road, Irving, United States
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