Kevin McKenzie

Dr. Kevin McKenzie is Vice-President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Dollar Tree Stores Inc. Dollar Tree is a publically traded Fortune 150 company with revenues in excess of $22B that encompasses the 15,000+ retail stores of both Dollar Tree and Family Dollar across the United States and Canada. Kevin is also research professor and lecturer at Clemson University, teaching courses in management information systems (MIS), intermediate statistics, advanced business analytics and continues to collaborate in cybersecurity research areas. Prior to joining Dollar Tree, Kevin was CISO and Executive Director at Clemson University, where under his leadership created the university’s immersive Cyber Security Operations Center (SOC) for students. Additionally, Kevin also served as the CISO for the Health Sciences of South Carolina (HSSC) and had overall security responsibility for a multi-billion dollar government health care system. In 2013, Kevin was honored as the recipient of the ‘America’s Information Security Leadership Award (ISLA)’ by ISC2 and the ‘Information Security Executive of the Year’ for North America by Tech Exec Networks (T.E.N.). In 2017, Clemson University honored him as a ‘Roaring 10’ recipient for his impact in business, leadership, community, educational and/or philanthropic endeavors. Kevin has contributed as an author on multiple congressional testimonies covering cybersecurity and currently participates as a strategic advisor on several industry boards.