Christopher “Cory” Falldine is Chief Information Security Officer at Johnson County Community College and a founding member of KANE. His higher-education career began at Emporia State University in technical support and grew into increasingly broad technology and executive leadership roles. He served primarily as Associate Vice President of IT while CIO before moving into executive operations leadership as Executive Vice President, Operations & Economic Development (COO).
Across those roles, Cory has worked at the intersection of technology, cybersecurity, operations, digital transformation, and institutional strategy. His return to a dedicated CISO role reflects a long-standing interest in helping higher-education institutions modernize while building security programs that enable—not obstruct—their mission.
B.S.B. in Computer Information Systems, Emporia State University, 2006; M.B.A., Emporia State University, 2008.
Cory was part of the group that founded KANE in 2013. His early involvement helped establish the consortium’s culture of candid peer exchange and practical collaboration, particularly around technology leadership, shared problem solving, and cybersecurity.
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