{"id":84046,"date":"2026-11-10T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/84046\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:04:09","slug":"fareways-melhus-named-ciso-of-the-year-at-iowa-prometheus-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/84046\/","title":{"rendered":"Fareway’s Melhus Named CISO Of The Year At Iowa Prometheus Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corey Melhus, VP of information security at Fareway Stores, was named CISO of the Year at the 2026 Prometheus Awards, held Nov. 5 at the Community Choice Convention Center in Des Moines, Iowa.<\/p>\n

Presented annually by the Technology Association of Iowa, the Prometheus Awards honor the people, organizations and innovations driving the state\u2019s technology industry, with this year\u2019s event spanning 15 categories judged by a panel of Iowa technology leaders. Melhus, a finalist in the same category in 2025, was recognized for strengthening Fareway\u2019s cybersecurity initiatives and safeguarding its technology infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cReceiving the 2026 CISO of the Year award is an incredible honor,\u201d Melhus said. \u201cI\u2019m thankful to the Technology Association of Iowa for this recognition, to Fareway for continuing to invest in me and providing the opportunity to build and lead an amazing team, and to the many talented people I\u2019ve had the privilege of working with along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Two other Fareway team members earned nominations: Nathan Kerns, EVP of information technology, for CIO\/CTO of the Year, and Bryce Teff, network engineer, for Next-Gen Tech Professional of the Year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are incredibly proud of Corey, Nathan and Bryce for their accomplishments and the recognition they received from the Technology Association of Iowa,\u201d said Reynolds W. Cramer, CEO of Fareway Stores. \u201cThese honors reflect Fareway\u2019s continued commitment to innovation, cybersecurity, operational excellence, and investing in talented team members who help move our company forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnston, Iowa-based Fareway Stores is a family-owned grocery company operating 144 stores in a seven-state region, known for its full-service meat departments, farm-fresh produce and to-your-car customer service, with more than 13,000 employees.<\/p>\n

Related: Coal Valley, Illinois Welcomes New Fareway Meat & Grocery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Corey Melhus, VP of information security at Fareway Stores, was named CISO of the Year at the 2026 Prometheus Awards, held Nov. 5 at the Community Choice Convention Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Presented annually by the Technology Association of Iowa, the Prometheus Awards honor the people, organizations and innovations driving the state\u2019s technology industry,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4979,4977,4975,4978,4976],"class_list":["post-84046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iowa","tag-iowa","tag-iowa-dining","tag-iowa-food","tag-iowa-grocery-stores","tag-iowa-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117593234799449091","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}