Nate Gardner

Nate Gardner, CISSP, currently serves as the Associate Director of Cybersecurity Engineering & Development at Exact Sciences, where previous roles included Senior Manager of Information Security Operations and Information Security Operations Manager. Prior experience includes IT Security Engineering Manager at AECOM, leading projects that enhanced security measures for over 80,000 users globally, and IT Security Manager for the East Region at URS Corporation, where significant contributions were made to security incident remediation and integration projects post-acquisition. A strong background in IT security management, project leadership, and team development is complemented by a foundation in finance from Madison Area Technical College. Gardner’s technical expertise was initially developed through roles in software development and IT support early in the career.