Tom chairs the Americas Council and works with government and commercial organizations to optimize our value as a cybersecurity accreditation body and industry standards advocate. His focus is the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency’s 16 critical infrastructure sectors which are vital to US security, national economy and public health and safety. He spearheads strategic plans for our organizational growth while also serving as an industry evangelist and educator on the value of using accredited cybersecurity products and professionals to improve consumer privacy, security and protections worldwide. Tom is a US Marine veteran and has been involved with CREST since 2016. He is currently the Chief Information Officer of the national law firm Mandelbaum Barrett where he oversees critical infrastructure, privacy and security operations. He is also an Advisory Board Member of Gerson Lehrman Group, a Cyber Fellows Advisory Council Member, Member of the Information Technology Advisory Committee of the County College of Morris, Senior Advisor and Industry Advisory Board Member of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a Cyber Fellows Advisory Council Member of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Previous experience also includes working with OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project).