Chris Cummiskey

Chris Cummiskey has 24 years of government experience in senior leadership positions at both the Federal and state levels and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Cummiskey Strategic Solutions, LLC – a Washington, DC firm that specializes in cyber, homeland security, government technology and acquisition. Mr. Cummiskey served in senior leadership at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for six years (2009 – 2014), most recently in the number three position at the department as Under Secretary for Management. During his tenure as Under Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary, he had department-wide oversight and responsibility for budget/finance, cyber/IT, procurement/contracting, human capital, security and mission support. He also served as the department’s Chief Acquisition Officer, overseeing $19 Billion in annual spending.

While at DHS, Mr. Cummiskey co-led all the major cyber committees at the department including the Executive Steering Committee on the National Cybersecurity Protection System (Einstein), the Executive Steering Committee on Cyber Strategy, the Acquisition Review Board on government-wide Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) and the Executive Steering Committee on Cyber Hiring.