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Deputy Chief Information Security Officer

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Alicia Lynch joined the Accenture Federal Services team in January 2017 as the Deputy, Chief Information Security Officer bringing over 25 years of experience with Department of Defense, the Defense Contracting community and the private sector. Alicia retired as a Colonel from the US Army in 2012. She has over 15 years of experience as a Senior Information System Security professional supporting the Intelligence Community (IC), DoD and the Federal Government CONUS and OCONUS in a multitude of IT security roles. She has extensive experience implementing secure mission critical hardware and software systems for the intelligence community. As both a qualified intelligence professional and information operations specialist, she served in every echelon from Platoon to national while leading units from team-sized to commanding a Brigade of 1400+ military, civilian and contractor personnel. Since 2012 she has leveraged her technical experience in commercial executive level positions focused on Cybersecurity. She has recently held titles including VP of Enterprise Solutions, Deputy Global CISO, and Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance. In the defense contracting and commercial sectors Alicia has extensive experience managing diverse portfolios including projects over $300 Million. She has led requirements development, mission solutions and contract management which contributed to the company’s long term, repeatable, revenue goals. Alicia holds an MBA from the University of Maryland, Robert H Smith School of Business, a CIO Program Certificate from the National Defense University, and a BA from the State University of New York. She has also maintained ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).