Edward Marchewka Author

Edward Marchewka, DBA, MBA, MS, CISSP, CDPSE, PMP, CMQ/OE, LSSMBB

Dr. Edward Marchewka is an industry-recognized executive, having been the 2022 CIO of the Year Finalist and 2015 CISO of the Year nominee, with more than two decades of experience in IT and information security. His background includes experiences from running his own computer support business to field service to Fortune 250 experience with Thermo Fisher Scientific. He ran information security for Chicago Public Schools, the 3rd largest school district in the country. His career started in the US Navy as an Electrician's Mate - Nuclear.

Dr. Marchewka is active in the IT and information security community, having served the Chicago Infragard Members Alliance for over nine years. He has presented at dozens of events, including Camp IT Conferences, (ISC)2 Security Congress, ISACA, Secureworld, and Gartner’s Security and Risk Management Summit. He is an advisor for Colorado Technical University College of Security Studies and Prairie State Community College's IT Program.

Dr. Marchewka holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from California Southern University and MBA and MS in Mathematics from Northern Illinois University. He earned a BA in Liberal Studies and a BS in Nuclear Engineering Technologies from Thomas Edison State College, NJ. He holds certificates in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a certificate in Contract Management from the University of California-Irvine. Dr. Marchewka maintains several active IT, security, and professional certifications from (ISC)2, ASQ, ITIL, PMI, ISACA, SSGI, Microsoft, and CompTIA.