Georgia’s financial services sector includes banks, wealth management firms, payment companies, insurance platforms, and global financial technology businesses, making it one of the most important cybersecurity environments in the Southeast. The leaders in this group are responsible for protecting sensitive financial data, securing customer trust, and managing risk across highly regulated, fast-moving organizations. Together, they reflect the range of cyber leadership shaping Georgia’s financial services ecosystem today.
Andrew Tilli — CISO, Edelman Financial Engines
Andrew Tilli brings a long track record in cyber risk management, identity and access management, fraud-related security controls, and incident response. Before becoming CISO at Edelman Financial Engines, he held senior cybersecurity leadership roles at Fiserv, First Data, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office. His background spans governance, investigations, access management, and regulatory compliance, giving him the kind of broad financial-sector security perspective needed in wealth and financial planning environments.
Jorge L. Perez — CISO, Ameris Bank
Jorge L. Perez leads cybersecurity at Ameris Bank after a career that has included senior roles at Truist, IHG, and KPMG. His experience covers cyber strategy, engineering, operations, compliance, secure development, vulnerability management, and merger-related integration work. That breadth stands out in banking, where security leadership increasingly has to bridge enterprise infrastructure, payment systems, data, and regulatory accountability while helping institutions modernize securely.
Greg Scroggs — SVP & CISO, Primerica
Greg Scroggs has spent decades inside Primerica, giving him a deep institutional understanding of how to build and sustain cybersecurity in a large financial services organization. As CISO since 2010, he has overseen security strategy, risk management, business continuity, and executive support within a company that depends heavily on trust, distribution, and operational resilience. His long tenure reflects both continuity and experience in protecting a major Georgia-based financial brand.
Robert Guinn — CISO, Invesco US
Robert Guinn brings experience across investment management, tax services, healthcare, telecom, and financial infrastructure, with past CISO roles at H&R Block, Inova Health System, Syniverse, and security leadership positions at ING. At Invesco US, he leads cybersecurity for a major asset management business from Atlanta. His background in infrastructure security, incident management, process, and policy makes him a strong fit for financial services organizations balancing enterprise complexity with high security expectations.
Jody Lee — CISO, WTW
Jody Lee now serves as CISO at WTW after holding the same role at Global Payments and earlier security leadership positions at TSYS, where he helped build and mature the security program of one of the world’s largest payment processors. His experience sits squarely at the intersection of financial technology, payments, infrastructure, and governance. He stands out as a leader who has helped shape cybersecurity programs inside companies where secure transaction processing is central to the business.
James Edgar — SVP & CISO, Corpay
James Edgar leads global information security at Corpay, with responsibility across cybersecurity, vulnerability management, data protection, identity and access management, risk management, and compliance. His career reflects a blend of technical depth and program-building experience, including earlier work spanning network engineering, security architecture, and policy. In a payments-focused business, that mix is especially relevant, since strong security leadership has to connect technical controls with operational trust and regulatory expectations.
Paul Palmer — CISO, BluePenguin Payments
Paul Palmer brings a product and software development lens to cybersecurity leadership, which is especially valuable in fintech and payments. At BluePenguin Payments, he focuses on delivering PCI-compliant solutions and advising the business on technical risk and security. His background across software engineering, product development, architecture, and security product companies gives him a practical understanding of how to embed security into systems that are built to move quickly without compromising trust.
Thomas Swafford — CISO, Resolution Life US
Thomas Swafford has spent much of his career inside financial services security operations, engineering, and platform support, with experience across Resolution Life, Voya, and earlier enterprise infrastructure roles. His background spans network security, IAM, SOC operations, security monitoring, and incident response. That operational depth is particularly relevant in insurance and financial environments, where resilience depends on strong execution across both core controls and day-to-day security operations.
A Cross-Section of Georgia Finance and Cyber Leadership
What makes this group notable is the variety of institutions they represent. Some operate in banking, others in wealth management, payments, insurance, or investment services, but all are working in environments where trust is everything and disruption can carry immediate business consequences. These leaders show how Georgia continues to be a serious center of gravity for cybersecurity talent in financial services.
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