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Bill Allison is a senior IT manager at UC Berkeley.
Bill chairs the campus information security and privacy committee, which has implemented key policy initiatives around privacy, data management, outsourcing and audit standards. His web applications unit is responsible for web-based systems including e-commerce, billing, business resumption, grading and course scheduling, and also includes a security team. The application security team manages penetration testing, web application scanning programs and recently launched a secure-by-design application development strategy for the University.
Prior to his work in higher education, Bill spent ten years managing large scale software development and technology initiatives in the U.S. and overseas for clients including Microsoft, Lexis-Nexis, Fort Point Partners, USAID, and the San Francisco Giants. He received his B.A. from Yale University.
Mark Coderre
In his 20 year career with Aetna Mark has led the company in early adoption of distributed security systems. He has been responsible for the evolution and from LAN based domain security to Directory Services to Federated IdPs. His efforts and support of provisioning have allowed Aetna to centralize, streamline and provide single signon for employees, providers and consumers. As a long-standing proponent of centralized access control and single sign-on, Mark represents Aetna on a variety of industry forums and customer advisory boards. Most recently, Mark is engaged in Aetna security architecture including governance and IT risk management.
Hilary Ward is the Global Product Manager for the industry-leading Citi Managed Identity Services. In this role, she is responsible for business strategy, P&L management, product development and client innovation. Prior to this position, she was responsible for the development of Citi’s award-winning TreasuryVision web-based solution.
Hilary joined Citi in 1999. Prior to that, she spent 11 years at First Union National Bank and CoreStates Financial where she held key roles in Global Cash Management. Hilary has 20 years of commercial banking experience in the areas of product management, sales and operations.
Brad Blake has over fifteen years of experience innovating and leading the development and/or implementation of a variety of technical solutions and services across such business vertical's as healthcare, telecommunications and technology. Brad is the Director of IT at Boston Medical Center and is responsible for managing BMC’s entire IT and telephony infrastructure. His responsibilities include overall IT operations, new technical projects and initiatives including driving technical strategy and direction for the hospital and its affiliates. Brad is a seasoned international public speaker on a variety of technology topics as well as the recipient of several nominations and awards from various industry organizations. Brad holds a bachelor’s degree in IT Management from Trinity College and an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Business. Joe Arnett, Director of Infrastructure at Fujifilm
Joe Arnett is responsible for leading the Information Technology Infrastructure team for Fujifilm Holdings America, Inc., the US-based subsidiary of imaging and information leader Fujifilm Co. Ltd. in Japan.
In his role, Arnett provides strategic direction and oversees services and support of all PC computer applications, data centers, telecommunication and infrastructure that integrate and support various businesses. In addition, he is supporting an effort to provide core infrastructure support for other Fujifilm companies in North America.
Arnett has spent more than 19 years in a variety of business and technical managerial roles at Fujifilm, including Manager of Order Services for the Micrographic department, Product Development Specialist for the Micrographic department, IT Application Support and Trainer , Manager of PC Service and Support for the Information Technology department.
A resident of Georgia, Joe is an active member of his local community and the Atlanta Chapter Society for Information Management.
Gene Kim is the CTO and founder of Tripwire, Inc. In 1992, he co-authored Tripwire while at Purdue University with Dr. Gene Spafford. In 2004, he wrote the Visible Ops Handbook and co-founded the IT Process Institute, dedicated to research, benchmarking and developing prescriptive guidance for IT operations and security management and auditors. In 2003, was named by InfoWorld as one of the “Four Up and Coming CTOs to Watch" and in 2007, ComputerWorld added Gene to their “40 Innovative IT People Under The Age Of 40” list.
Hal Pomeranz is the founder and technical lead of Deer Run Associates, and has been active in the system and network management/security field for over twenty years. As a Faculty Fellow for the SANS Institute, Hal developed the SANS "Step-by-Step" course model and currently serves as the track coordinator and primary instructor for the SANS/GIAC Unix Security Certification track (GCUX). In 2001 he received the SAGE Outstanding Achievement Award for his teaching and leadership in the field of System Administration.
Howard Niden, CIO at Mayer, Brown LLP
M.B.A., Management Science-Computer Information Systems, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, 1984. A.B., Political Science, University of Chicago, The College, 1980.
Related Experience: Mayer, Brown, LLP: Global CIO, 2005- present. Textura: CTO, 2004-2005; PricewaterhouseCoopers: Partner, 1993-2003. Pactel
Spectrum Services: Director of Systems and Network Operations, 1985 to 1987. University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business: Associate Director, Computing Services, 1985; Instructor, Management Science Faculty, 1984, 1995-6; Manager of Small Systems, Computing Services, 1984; Manager of Information Services, Development Office, 1981.
Experience includes: CIO for both PwC Consulting and Mayer, Brown, LLP during periods of significant change. Running Americas System Integration Practice for PwC Consulting. Including significant contribution to the development of the practice¡¦s operating model and methodologyƒzboth technical infrastructure and systems development. Lecturer at the University of Chicago (Booth School of Business) where he conceived, designed and taught two separate courses designed to introduce non-systems business majors to the system development process. Project management, design and implementation of high volume, distributed, on-line transaction processing systems. Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE. Member, The Association for Computing Machinery, ACM.
Selected Publications: Framework for Network Planning- The Handbook of IS Management 1994-5 Yearbook, Auerback Publications.
Other Interests: Automobiles, Music, Movies, Photography
Dave Steinour, interim CIO at George Washington University
David Steinor is an accomplished IT professional with over 28 years of IT experience in a variety of positions and organizations. He has experience in ERP development, enterprise-level infrastructure systems, data center management, contract management, mainframe and client-server development, strategic planning, network infrastructure, project management and business re-engineering. Steinour¡¦s past positions include Chief Information Officer at Furman University, Vice Provost of Information Technology and other senior IT positions at Gettysburg College, Director of Networking and Information Services at Mount Saint Mary¡¦s University, and various IT positions at Westinghouse Electric, Inc. In his current position as Interim Chief Information Officer for The George Washington University, he oversees the day to day IT operations for a top tier university with over 25,000 users, three major campuses, over 120 buildings, and two major data centers.
Steinour leads by mentoring and motivating employees, envisioning innovative solutions to business challenges, and effectively managing and executing IT strategies. He received the CIO 100 Award in 2007 and is a member of a number of user groups and councils in addition to serving on the Educause Regional Planning Committee. Additionally, Steinour authored ¡§Strategies for Maximizing Impact,¡¨ a chapter within the book Inside the Minds. He holds a B.S. from Mount Saint Mary¡¦s University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland University College.
Chris Kohn, Sr. VP/CIO at Macmillan
Christopher Kohn is an experienced IT professional with 25 years in the business in a variety of positions and companies. He has experience in product & software development, financial systems, book/magazine production, systems operations, project management and sales. Chris began his career with IBM holding a number of positions including Sales rep specializing in the Publishing and Manufacturing industries. Following IBM Chris delved further into publishing by joining Penguin Books as a Project Manager focused on the PeopleSoft implementation eventually taking on the software development responsibilities. In his next step Chris joined HFS as Director of Software Development followed by a move to Reed Business Information as Director of Software Development in a variety of levels overseeing product development, software development, financial systems and operations. Currently he is the CIO managing IT at Macmillan US at the NYC office located in the historic Flatiron building. Chris has his Bachelors from Rutgers University, MBA from The George Washington University and graduate work in project management from the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Jim Routh, CISM.Chief Information Security Officer. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
Jim Routh has over 20 years of experience in information technology and information security as a practitioner, management consultant and leader of technology functions and information security functions for global financial service firms. Jim is a Managing Director and Chief Information Security Officer for the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Jim designed and implemented an enterprise wide information security program for the DTCC based on risk management best practice, COBIT and ISO 27001 standards. He implemented an innovative information security risk assessment process and an industry leading security program for software development. Mr. Routh was selected the 2007 Information Security Executive of the year for the Northeast.
Prior to joining DTCC he was the first CISO for American Express and responsible for the implementation of an enterprise wide implementation of GLBA specific controls and practices within two different banking entities in North America. Prior to that, he led a customer information management function within Risk Management for the US card businesses for American Express. Prior to that he led the information technology function for the Institutional Services and Investment Management businesses for American Express Financial Advisors. Mr. Routh was a management consultant in information technology for dozens of leading financial service firms for over 12 years.
Mr. Routh is a member of the Board of Directors for FS-ISAC and the Wall Street Technology Association. He is Chairman of the FS-ISAC Product & Services Committee along with the Program Committee for 2009. He is a steering committee member for the Security and Risk Management Committee for BITS and a member of the Executive Advisory Committee for the BITS Shared Assessments Program. Mr. Routh is also an active member of the SIFMA Security and Risk Management Committee.
Rajeev Yadav is currently Director of Information Security with Thomson Reuters, a global market leading information provider where he primarily guides and implements information security strategies, governance and assurance on its financial products and services. Rajeev has worked in Information Security and IT services since 1993 in financial, media, hi-tech, telecommunication, health and insurance verticals. Prior to Thomson Reuters, Rajeev worked as a Senior Security Architect at Marsh & McLennan where he advised and worked on HIPPA, GLBA and data privacy regulatory requirements along with defining and leading day today information security objectives.
Rajeev is also a Sun Certified Systems Professional and has previously worked as Senior Project Engineer at Sun Microsystems where he led security and IT projects for many of its customer base. During mid 90’s, Rajeev worked as a Project Leader at Icon CMT, an Internet startup, which was acquired by Qwest Communications where he identified and implemented new security products and related professional services engagements. Rajeev is also a CISSP (Certified Information Security Systems Professional) and BS7799:2 certified professional, with extensive working experience in its new standard variant ISO-27001.
Rajeev has a Master of Science in Computer Science and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Rajeev is a vivid music enthusiast and runs an ethnic Internet Radio station in his spare time. He is also an active yoga practitioner and founding member of GYAN, a non-profit educational charity organization.
Ben Rothke, CISSP, PCI QSA is a New York City based senior security consultant with BT Professional Services and has over 15 years of industry experience in information systems security and privacy.
His areas of expertise are in risk management and mitigation, security and privacy regulatory issues, design & implementation of systems security, encryption, PCI, cryptography and security policy development, with a specialization in the financial services and aviation sectors.
Ben is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences, such as CSI, RSA, MISTI, NetSec and ISACA and is a member of ASIS, CSI and InfraGard.
Jeffrey Fritz serves as Director, Enterprise Network Services for the University of California, San Francisco. He is responsible for directing the campus-wide voice and data network operations for the two main campuses in San Francisco, two hospitals and over 125 remote sites.
He has a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University. His experience in Higher Education IT spans over 20 years. He is the co-founder and Chair Emeritus of the North American ISDN Users' Forum Enterprise Network Data Interconnectivity Family (ENDIF.) He is also the past Chair of the National Information Infrastructure Working Group (NIIWG.) The NIIWG paved the way for today’s Internet 2.
He is the author of “Remote LAN Access: a guide for networkers and the rest of us," published by Prentice-Hall and “Sensible ISDN Data Applications," now in its third printing, published by Vandalia Press. He has been an instructor for the American Institute and Ziff Davis University.
Eric Leighninger is the Chief Security Architect at Allstate Insurance. He brings to this position over 22 years of information security experience. In this role he is responsible for creating and articulating the information security architectural vision, communicating that vision to the enterprise, creating security architecture models and roadmaps, and validating information security architectures against enterprise requirements. He currently is leading the design and development an enterprise-wide identity management initiative comprising identity provisioning and management, authentication and authorization services and directory services. He also developed and managed the Allstate Cryptographic Technology Implementation Program which provides integrated cryptographic services e.g., PKI, digital signatures, data and file encryption and key management for users and applications.
Prior to joining Allstate, Mr. Leighninger was Director of Research for the Deloitte & Touche (D&T) eBusiness Technology Center which provided security and e-business expertise along with technology evaluation and development support to the D&T world-wide consulting practice.
Prior security activities while employed at the Mitre Corporation, Boeing, GTE Government Systems, Dynamics Research Corporation and Arca Systems have included analysis and deployment of cryptographic technologies including PKI, trusted software design and development, security standards and policy development, and systems security engineering for both government and commercial applications.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he holds a MA in mathematics from Arizona State University and an MDiv degree from Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Kevin Rowney-Founder, Data Loss Prevention Division
Kevin Rowney is a data loss prevention visionary who joined Symantec in 2007 as part of the Vontu acquisition, a company which he founded.
For the past 14 years, Rowney served in a variety of security roles at software startups in Silicon Valley. At Vontu, Rowney conceived the original value proposition, designed the system architecture and wrote the patent-pending search algorithms used in their award-winning product.
Rowney has architected a range of security systems including credit card transaction processing systems and one of the first PKI Certificate Authorities operating on the Internet. Additionally, Rowney served on the Visa/Mastercard Secure Electronic Transactions standards committee as the representative of Verifone/EIT.
Larry Aszmann, CTO at Compellent
August 2001, Mr. Aszmann served as Chief Technology Officer of Xiotech, which Mr. Aszmann co-founded in July 1995. Xiotech was acquired by Seagate in January 2000. From July 1988 to August 1995, Mr. Aszmann served as Director of Intelligent Input/Output Subsystems at Tricord Systems. From December 1981 to June 1988, Mr. Aszmann served as Chief Software Architect of Star Technologies, and Mr. Aszmann previously held various storage-related technology positions with Technalysis Corporation, a consulting company, and Control Data Corporation, a mainframe manufacturing company.
Tom Gonzales, Senior Network Administrator at Credit Union of Colorado
Tom got his first desktop (an IBM PCjr) in 1983 and has been working with computers in some capacity ever since. By 1993, he was a very large database programmer and provided desktop support at the largest call center in Denver, CO. Since 1996 he has been performing systems administration and network security for Credit Union of Colorado, as well as providing incident handling and response, disaster recovery, security assessment and policy review on a consultative basis. Tom has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional since 2002 and a Certified Information Systems Auditor since 2007. He recently acquired a GIAC Systems and Network Auditor certification, and is currently working to achieve the Gold certification.
Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst at Burton Group
Chris Wolf is a senior analyst for Burton Group Data Center Strategies. He covers server virtualization and data center consolidation, data protection, management and classification, disaster recovery, and business continuity. Prior to joining Burton Group, Chris was a nationally recognized independent consultant, the CIS department head at the ECPI College of Technology, and consultant with CommVault Systems. With 14 years of experience in virtualization, data protection and recovery, high availability, and enterprise storage management, Chris is an industry leader in virtualization coverage. Chris also authored Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise, the first book published on the topic. His virtualization presentations and workshops are consistently amongst the highest rated sessions at conferences in both the US and Europe.
Ping Ooi, Associate Vice President of Technology, Ares Management
Ping currently serves as the associate vice president of technology for Ares Management, an investment firm that specializes in private equity and leveraged finance markets. Upon joining Ares in 2006, Ping helped rebuild the company’s IT infrastructure from the ground up. Ping has more than 10 years experience as an IT professional and system administrator, beginning his career as systems and network engineer for CastePro.com. He later provided IT services for companies such as Edmunds.com, Digital Boardwalk, Stanley Security Services, Ultimate Performance, Grant Thornton, LLP and Canyon Partners. Ping Ooi is a well-versed IT professional who helps company’s establish flexible networks to best help their business grow.
Lieutenant General Harry D. Raduege Jr. (USAF, Ret)-Chairman, Deloitte Center for Network Innovation. Director, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Lieutenant General Harry D. Raduege, Jr. (USAF, Ret) is Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Network Innovation, which develops solutions for clients grappling with the need for increasingly interdependent information networks, spanning both the public and private sectors.
General Raduege retired after serving 35 years in the U.S. military. He worked in the areas of telecommunications, space, information and network operations. In his last position, he led Department of Defense net-centric operations as the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. In that role, he directed planning, engineering, and implementation of interoperable communications and intelligence systems serving the needs of the President, Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders and the military Services. He led efforts to restore communications to the Pentagon following the September 11th terrorist attacks; upgraded Presidential communications; and led the successful expansion of the Department's Global Information Grid through a $1 billion transformational communications program.
General Raduege was also appointed by the Secretary of Defense as the Commander of the Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations, and Deputy Commander for Global Network Operations and Defense for the U.S. Strategic Command. In these roles, he was the first commander assigned responsibility for directing the operation and defense of the Global Information Grid to assure timely and secure net-centric capabilities across the entire Department.
Prior to his last assignments, Raduege directed command and control systems for North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command. He also served as the Chief Information Officer for all three commands, and was the architect for computer network defense and attack capabilities established within the Department of Defense.
Ryan White, Product Marketing for VeriSign
Ryan White is a Product Marketing Manager for VeriSign. He has been with VeriSign for 4 years.
Steve Morin is CIO of TAC Worldwide Cos., a global staffing and workforce management company, where he oversees the strategy, development, planning and management of IT. Morin also plays an active role in customer acquisition and retention. He brings 26 years of experience in business and information systems innovation and transformation, as well as mergers and acquisition experience, in industries including staffing, professional services, retail/distribution, high-tech and telecommunications industries. Prior to joining TAC Worldwide in 1999, Morin served as senior director of IT at BBN and GTE Corp. (now Verizon); director of technology at CVS/pharmacy; and in IT management, systems analysis and development positions at Melville Corp., Computervision and Salomon/North America Inc.
Mr. Morin is a sustaining executive member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and a member of CIO Magazine CIO Executive Council. He is active in the non-profit community, currently serving on the Technical Advisory Board of YearUP in Boston and as an Executive Coach with Common Impact. He has been a featured speaker and panelist at MIT, Babson College, Northeastern University and Simmons business schools. He has been a speaker and panelist at IT services industry conferences and forums held by CIO, Computerworld, Gartner Group, Staffing Industry Analysts and other industry organizations. He holds an M.B.A. from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Salem State College. Mr. Morin also received a certificate in foreign languages at the Universite de Caen, France in 1981.
Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief of CIO magazine and Events
An award-winning IT journalist and editorial executive, Maryfran Johnson was named Editor in Chief of CIO magazine and events in January 2009. This unique dual role combines strategic direction for the leading publication for chief information officers with all editorial content for CIO’s and sister brand CSO’s extensive portfolio of national and regional events. Along with agenda development and speaker recruitment, Maryfran also serves as conference moderator for the CIO 100 Symposium, The Year Ahead Summit, The CIO Leadership Event and the regional series of CIO Perspectives Forums launched in 2008.
Maryfran brings more than 20 years of experience covering IT leadership, technology and business trends to her new role, along with an extensive network of CIO contacts built during previous leadership positions as Editor in Chief of IDG's Computerworld and Founding Editor of CIO Decisions magazine.
Since the mid-1990s, Maryfran has been featured in media interviews as an expert commentator on IT/business leadership issues. She frequently serves as a guest speaker and moderator at industry conferences, where she is known for her engaging stage presence and deep knowledge of IT executive issues.
She was the first national winner in 2004 of American Business Media's Timothy White Award for editorial integrity, and in 2005 was named one of the “21 Most Intriguing People in Publishing" by Min’s B2B Magazine. Maryfran holds a Master of Arts in Journalism from The Ohio State University's Kiplinger Program and a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida.
Tad Bodeman is Director of Marketing for HP’s Thin Client Solutions which provides highly secure, easy to deploy, and affordable alternatives to distributed PCs. The product family includes a flexible array of client-computing solutions, from thin clients to streaming, and management software. The Thin Client Solutions portfolio is designed to simplify IT deployment and management and to reduce costs, offering business customers excellent value over the life of the product.
In this role, Tad’s team research worldwide customer requirements and manage the worldwide thin client and SW product roadmap. He and his team are also responsible for new product launches, core marketing content and documentation content and development.
Tad has been with HP and Compaq for 12 years. Prior to his current position, Tad was responsible for leading the marketing team for Remote Client Solutions which included BladePCs, allocation and management software. Tad has held global marketing leadership positions for Compaq, AT&T and NCR, where he has been responsible for leading the development of new businesses and growing large existing businesses globally. His tenure at AT&T included working in Australia where he was responsible for launching and growing the data network integration business for AT&T’s South Pacific Region. Additionally, his career also includes 6 years of enterprise computer sales and sales management experience.
Tad received his bachelor's of science degree in Business Administration from the California State University at Long Beach.
For fun, Tad enjoys outdoor activities with his family, leading programs that contribute to the development of strong families and wildlife photography.
Thomasz Chowanski
Tom currently serves as an IT Leader with the GE Capital, Americas where he has responsibility for security architecture and operations within the Retail Finance division. Previously, he was CISO of GE Money Services unit of GE Consumer Finance, Americas division. Tom's credentials combine fourteen years of information technology experience, a business degree and CISSP certification. He is a seasoned leader with a strong portfolio of successes in driving productivity and growth through information security initiatives. He is passionate about focusing security programs on strategic execution, operational efficiency and process improvement.
Sunil Seshadri-Senior Vice President, INFORMATION SECURITY, IT RISK MANAGEMENT & COMPLIANCE, NYSE EURONEXT
Mr. Seshadri leads the global information security function for NYSE Euronext. He is responsible for all aspects of information security from defining the global vision and strategy of the organization to the management of a wide-ranging and diverse security infrastructure. Additionally, he has accountability over policies, architecture, assessments, monitoring, awareness, investigations and operational aspects of security technologies, and manages the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 technology compliance efforts for the company.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Seshadri served as Managing Director, Information Security, at Archipelago Holdings, Inc., until the company’s merger with New York Stock Exchange in 2005.
Mark Connelly
Mark Connelly was Managing Director at Credit Suisse responsible for Global IT Infrastructure Risk and Security. He has been instrumental in delivering new innovative solutions in Risk and Security, and a key member of the Risk Governance Committees at Credit Suisse. He drove the deployment of new IT Risk/Security solutions, policies and standards and thus significant business value throughout the firm. He is a member of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Committee Working Group, ISACA and Society for Information Managers (SIM). He has been a spokesman at key security forums around the country and worked to build partnerships across commercial and governmental enterprises on issues related to IT security.
Prior to Credit Suisse, Mark worked for Sun Microsystems for over 19 years. He held positions as Chief Information Security Officer, Vice President for IT, and Vice President for Global Technical Operations responsible for supporting a revenue stream of over $12B. Prior to Sun, Mark was a Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Labs. He holds an M.S.E.E. from the Server Institute at Washington University, St. Louis, MO., a B.A. from Washington University, St. Louis, MO., and an M.A. from University of Missouri - Columbia, MO. He also holds the Certificate for Information Security Managers (CISM).
Vincent Biddlecombe, CTO at Transplace
Anthony Foust, CIO at Easter Seals UCP North Carolina
Vincent Biddlecombe has been the CTO of Transplace since 2004. Previously, he held the positions of Vice President of Information Technology at Ruan Transportation and Director of System Architecture at US Freightways. Biddlecombe has over 15 years of experience in IT consulting with an emphasis on transportation management and has led Transplace on key IT projects involving virtualization, disaster recovery, business intelligence and SaaS technologies. He also regularly offers expertise to the press and appears on industry panels. Biddlecombe earned a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Business Administration from the University of South Africa.
Anthony Foust, CIO, Easter Seals UCP North Carolina
Anthony Foust has worked for Easter Seals UCP North Carolina for approximately 5 years. He started as the I.T. Help Desk person in one of the remote facilities and worked his way up to Director and currently the CIO while the organization has nearly tripled in both revenue and size. Anthony’s diverse history has included work as an Emergency Room Technician, Emergency Veterinary Technician, Pharmacy Technician, Child Protective Services Case Manager, Graphics & Web Designer, and a Network and Systems Administrator for several SMB companies.
Anthony currently carries a Master’s degree in Information Technology from UNC Charlotte with a primary focus in Information Security and Privacy. He also carries two Bachelor’s degrees, one in Psychology and the other in Information Technology from the Ohio State University and DeVry University respectively. As part of his graduate work at UNC Charlotte, Anthony successfully led a team of fellow graduate and undergraduate students to the annual National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) hosted by the Department of Homeland Security in 2006 where they won the national championship by successfully defending a network against professional hackers over three days.
Anthony is currently pursuing his MBA at Elon University.