Gregory S. Smith is an internationally recognized IT executive with 30 years of experience managing complex IT and business systems. Mr. Smith serves as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for a Maryland organization. Previously, Mr. Smith served 20 plus years as the Chief Information Officer / Chief Technology Officer (CIO / CTO) for various world-class organizations including the American Kidney Fund, the Pew Charitable Trusts and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Mr. Smith’s for-profit experience combines IT and business acumen from a decade in U.S. national security, U.S. financial services 100, and consulting experience as a Principal at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP. Gregory S. Smith is an honoree of several awards including: SmartCEO magazine Top 10 CIOs in Washington DC, Computer World magazine Premier 100 IT Leaders, CIO magazine CIO 100 and eWeek magazine Top 100 CIOs. Mr. Smith was also recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential CIOs by CIO Insight magazine. Mr. Smith received the Outstanding Faculty Tropaia award in 2017 and 2022 from Georgetown University for excellence in academic teaching.

Mr. Smith is the author of The New Normal in IT: How the Global Pandemic Changed Information Technology Forever (Wiley 2022), CIO 2.0 (Mandarin), Straight to the Top: CIO Leadership in a Mobile, Social, and Cloud-based World (John Wiley & Sons), How to Protect Your Children on the Internet: A Road Map for Parents and Teachers (Greenwood Publishing) and Straight to the Top: Becoming a World-Class CIO (John Wiley & Sons). Mr. Smith received a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland at College Park and an M.S. in Business from The Johns Hopkins University. He served for over 20 years as an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University graduate programs. Mr. Smith currently serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in Technology Management graduate program.

Mr. Smith has spoken at several prestigious conferences across the globe including keynote presentations in Scotland, England, Canada, Denmark, India, Indonesia, Turkey, China, Singapore, and Belgium. He also keynoted the Interop conference in both New York and Las Vegas. As a practicing CTO and academic professor, Mr. Smith keeps his pulse on today’s changing IT landscape and continues to apply those trends into business practice. For more information on Mr. Smith, please consult http://www.gregoryssmith.com.