Derek Lazzaro is a licensed attorney and cybersecurity expert, and currently Chief Information Officer at Nossaman LLP and Mayor Pro Tem of Palos Verdes Estates. He previously served as CIO of USC’s Information Sciences Institute and as CIO of the 7th largest national law firm. Derek holds several certifications and course certificates, including a CISSP, CIPP/US, FBI Citizen's Academy, Microsoft Certified AI Transformation Leader, and course certificates from FEMA and CalOES in disaster planning, incident command, and emergency response.