Abdul Samad H.

Abdul Samad H. has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Abdul Samad began their career at Studiocom in 2006, where they worked as a Sr. Systems Administrator until 2009. Abdul Samad then joined MATRIX Resources as a Systems Engineer until 2010 before moving on to LBi, where they served as a Sr. Systems Administrator from 2009 to 2010. Abdul then worked at Georgia Gulf Corporation as a Systems Analyst from 2010 to 2012 before joining Viewpost as a Sr. Systems Engineer until 2014. Abdul Samad then worked at Protiviti as a Manager, Technology Strategy & Operations from 2015 to 2016. Abdul joined Delta Community Credit Union in 2016 and held various roles, including Director, Information Security from 2016 to 2019, Assistant Vice President, Information Security from 2019 to 2020, and currently serves as the Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) since July 2020. Abdul Samad is also currently a member of the Board of Advisors at Trustmarq Global Services starting from August 2021.

Abdul Samad H. holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Management of Technology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Information Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University. Additionally, Abdul has obtained several certifications including the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) from ISACA, the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)², and the F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator (F5-CA) from F5 Networks. The exact dates of their certifications and their education at both universities are not provided.