Shelley Fitzwater

Shelley Fitzwater is an experienced professional in the field of information security, currently serving as Director of Information Security at Cognizant since January 2018, where responsibilities include account leadership and project executive roles with a focus on effective project management and team collaboration. Prior to Cognizant, Shelley held the position of Project Executive and Security Delivery Lead at IBM from February 1997 to January 2018, providing strategic consulting for security initiatives. Additionally, Shelley worked as a Project Manager/Executive and Business Operations Manager at MCI telecom from 1995 to 1998. Shelley holds a Master of Science in Statistics and Computer Science from Saint Louis University, a Master's Business Certificate in International Business from the International Consortium of Business in Lisbon, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Economics from James Madison University.