Michael R. Smith

Michael R. Smith has a diverse work experience in the field of cybersecurity and information technology. Michael R. currently holds the position of CIO & CISO at Managed Care Advisors, where they started in August 2020. Prior to this, they served as the Principal Director, Cyber Operations Executive at Accenture from September 2019 to August 2020.

From November 2018 to September 2019, Michael held the role of Sr. VP, Risk & Compliance at Defense Point Security, LLC. Before that, they served as the Vice President of Information Assurance at the same company from March 2016 to November 2018.

Prior to their tenure at Defense Point Security, Michael worked at NCI, Inc. as the Chief Security Officer / Director of Information Assurance from June 2015 to March 2016.

Michael R.'searlier experience includes working at Creative Computing Solutions, Inc. (CCSi) from June 2009 to June 2015, where they held the position of Deputy CISO / Sr. Security Program Manager.

Michael R. Smith has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Capitol College. Michael R. also holds a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Information Assurance from the same institution. In terms of additional certifications, Michael has obtained the following: ITIL v4 Foundation in IT Service Management from AXELOS Global Best Practice in April 2020, Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management (CPHIMS) from HIMSS in April 2018, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer from PECB in October 2016. However, the obtained month and year are not specified for the remaining certifications, which include Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO) from EC-Council, Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA) from THE FEAC Institute, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from Scrum Alliance, ITIL V3 Foundation from AXELOS Global Best Practice, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) from Microsoft, Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute, and Security + from CompTIA.