NACS Show 2025
  • McCormick Place Convention Center
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
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Paul Suarez

VP & Chief Information Security Officer
Casey's General Stores, Inc.

A graduate of the US Air Force Academy, Paul Suarez served his entire 27-year Air Force career in the fields of cybersecurity and information technology. After his military retirement he worked in business development in the Washington, DC area for Netwitness, RSA Security and Avaya then as security engineering director for Walmart prior to becoming their CISO for Walmart International.  He joined Casey’s, the country’s 3rd largest convenience store chain, in March 2021 as their very first Chief Information Security Officer.

Format: Awards Awards
Awards announcements and presentation.
Format: Case Study Case Study
General topic presenting lessons learned start to finish.
Format: Expert-Expert Interview Expert-Expert Interview
Replaces fireside chat or single presenter format. Must be known industry expert or presentation of robust data.
Format: Ignite Ignite
Slides run automatically keeping speaker pacing. Keeps session moving.
Format: Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope
One topic through the eyes of different functional teams (e.g. supply chain, store ops, frontline, finance, etc.)
Format: Lightning Lightning
Moderated Q&A with small panel with efforts to drive diverse perspective; after 3 minutes on question, buzzer sounds and move to next question; forces people to be brief and clear on answers.
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
Single topic session which is a solo presenter and acts more like an university lecture. Must include multiple media, audience interaction, etc.
Format: Panel Panel
Multiple presenters, experts in a certain field discussing and sharing expertise and experience with one another.
Format: Great Debate: Point Counterpoint Great Debate: Point Counterpoint
Facilitator stimulates point/counterpoint debate on key industry topic.
Format: Roundtables Roundtables
Facilitated discussion. Limited use of slides or video to set-up topic.
Format: Think You Know Me? Think You Know Me?
One group is polled on a topic, and then the other has to guess the outcomes, as a stimulant for discussion.
Format: Workshop Workshop
Traditional small group classroom style format.

Speaking at:

Cyberattacks Are Not a Matter of If, but When

With cyberattacks becoming increasingly sophisticated and pervasive, it’s important to safeguard your organization’s assets and reputation. This session, designed for IT, operations, and c-suite...

October 09, 2024
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PDT
Technology
Format: Panel Panel
 
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