Candidate Name

Alex Grohmann

Nominated For

Director

Candidate Biography

As a security and privacy professional for over 25 years, Alex Grohmann as helped to promote the profession through professional and personal contributions. He is currently the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Acuity International, a $550 million organization with locations in over 10 countries. He volunteers a great deal of his time to make the profession stronger through his efforts in ISSA.

During Alex’s time on the international board, has been the lead for the Privacy Special Interest Group (SIG), managing the group and the efforts along with the chairs. The SIG has grown to nearly 2,000 members in the few short years of its existence. 

As a 20-year member of the Northern Virginia chapter, Mr. Grohmann has volunteered on its board for 9 years, with 3 of those as chapter president. During that time, the chapter won the Chapter of Year, and he collected the Honor Roll and Fellow designations.

Outside of ISSA, Alex has served on several boards and/groups including Washington DC InfraGard, NIST’s NICE and the IT-Sector Coordinating Council (IT-SCC). 

Alex is a graduate of Florida State University in Management Information Systems, and a proud Seminole.

Candidate Goals

I plan to continue the initiatives I started as a member of the current board. Understanding the requirements of the organization and its individual chapters, I am uniquely qualified to help it group after the challenging years of COVID. 

Individually, I plan on strengthening ISSA relationships with entities including the IAPP (Privacy), NIST, CISA and Cyber-Watch. My contributions to ISSA online web conferences will remain active. 

I will also be working to reinforce our educational initiatives to help ensure our next generation of cyber professionals are well equipped for the challenges to come. My contributions to the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has a special place in my heart.

My work with local chapters will continue and prosper by providing them a voice to the board as well informing them about new initiatives. This is also true of my work with organizations supporting minorities, especially Hispanics. I will resume my work to improve chapter resources such as management of chapter meeting registration, updating of board policies, and chapter websites. I look forward to volunteering more of my time to ISSA.

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