Jack Freund

Dr. Jack Freund is an expert in IT risk management specializing in analyzing and communicating complex IT risk scenarios in plain language to business executives. He currently leads a team of risk analysts at TIAA-CREF. Jack has over 16 years in IT and technology working for organizations such as Nationwide Insurance, CVS/Caremark, Lucent Technologies, Sony Ericsson, AEP, Wendy’s International, and The State of Ohio. He holds a BS in CIS, Masters in Telecom and Project Management, a PhD in Information Systems, and the CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CIPP, and PMP certifications. Jack is a Visiting Professor at DeVry University and a Senior Member of the ISSA, IEEE, and ACM. Jack chairs a CRISC subcommittee for ISACA and is a member of the Open Group’s risk analyst certification committee. Jack’s writings have appeared in the ISSA Journal, Bell Labs Technical Journal, Columbus CEO Magazine, and he currently writes a risk column for @ISACA. Jack is also authoring a book entitled Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach under contract with Elsevier. You can follow all Jack’s work and writings at riskdr.com.