Pablo G. Molina

Work Experience

2017-Now AVP and CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER, Drexel University
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CIO, the senior leadership, the Board of Trustees, and the city of Philadelphia on information security and privacy matters.
• Co-lead the Privacy and Security Committee of the University.
• Convene and lead the All-Hands Information Security Team, comprised of dozens of security operations personnel across all central and distributed units of the University.
• Co-lead the HIPAA, US Department of Defense, NHI, GLBA, and PCI compliance efforts of the University.
• Co-lead the GDPR efforts of the University, with a focus on our European programs and the EU citizens interacting with the University.
• Create, design its processes, and lead the Major Incident Response Team: Information Security, Legal, Risk, and Privacy. Work with federal, state, and local law enforcement on cases.
• Craft and shape University policies and procedures for information security, HIPAA, records management, acceptable use, and compliance.
• Envision and execute strategic plans for information security.
• Oversee multi-million dollar implementations of intelligent firewalls and other technologies.
• Build and manage a new information security team and resources: consulting services, vendor assessments, threat analysis, vulnerability management, multi-factor authentication, forensics, cloud computing controls, and awareness and training.

2014-2017 CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, Association of American Law Schools
• Crafted a strategic plan, assembled a technology team, revamped the infrastructure, and forged strategic relationships with member schools and vendors to deliver secured state-of-the-art web sites, dynamic web applications, mobile applications, cloud communication services, association management system, knowledge management, document management, and a financial system. Created and managed two new revenue-generating projects: online education programs and data analytics.
• Led the information security program: incident response, vulnerability management, assessments, PCI compliance, secure software development, vendor evaluations, privacy and compliance, and policy development.

2009-Now ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, Georgetown University
• Taught Ethics and Technology Management, Ethics and Cybersecurity, Information Security, Capstone, Managing Diverse Organizations, and International Internet Innovation and Policy courses in the Master of Technology Management and other programs. Designed and pioneered the distance learning version of the Master in Technology Management program.
• Taught national information security to government officials in Nicaragua, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic, and innovation in Mexico. Taught information security at the URJC Master of Analysis in Spain.

2013-2014 CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, Southern Connecticut State University
• Prepared a strategic plan, rebuilt a team with over 60 professionals, and contributed to the campus strategic plan and mission with outstanding technology services –information security and privacy, cloud Blackboard LMS, Banner Enterprise Resource Planning ecosystem, wireless services, a new science building and a library renovation- within a large and complex system.’
• As de facto security officer, led incident response, vulnerability management, assessments, PCI compliance, secure software development, vendor evaluations, privacy and compliance, and policy development.

2007-2012 ASSOCIATE VP OF IT AND CIO, Georgetown University
• Identified and deployed emerging technologies in all campuses: business continuity, information security, privacy, building technologies, and communications. Played a leading role in the implementation of a $17M Banner Student system, and Workday Human Resources and Finance Enterprise Resource Planning systems. Founded and served as CIO of the new Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London, UK, a consortium of 24 world-class academic institutions.
• Co-led the hiring of the first University CISO, the writing the information security policies, and the institutional responses to major incidents.

2000-2012 CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, Georgetown University
• Maximized technology investments and efforts for the 3,000+ faculty, staff and students of the Law Center campus, Wrote and executed two strategic plans with a campus expansion, state-of-the-art communications infrastructure, groundbreaking educational technology innovations, distance learning, websites serving millions of visitors, and administrative services. I led 30 full-time professionals, 20+ part-timers, and many consultants. Technology operations, and the award-winning redesigned data center, received very positive feedback on annual student surveys, accreditation body committee reports, and national media.
• Served as functional CISO, leading incident response, vulnerability management, assessments, PCI compliance, secure software development, vendor evaluations, privacy and compliance, and policy development.

1998-2000 DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. University of Pennsylvania
• Pioneered video streaming, deployed dynamic web sites, revamped network infrastructure and services, reengineered administrative services, and retrofitted 150-year old building for information technology and multimedia purposes for one of the fourteen schools.

1995-1998 LECTURER/DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES. Washington University in St. Louis
• Developed and implemented the first strategic plan for technology one of the schools.
• Designed a state-of-the-art new building, and revamped multimedia and administrative systems.
• Senior MIS lecturer in the School of Business at the University of Missouri in Saint Louis.

1993-1997 MIS DIRECTOR. Saint Louis Zoological Park
• Implemented a strategic plan, vendor consolidation, and project management.
• Deployed a wide area network, Internet services and client server systems.

1988-1992 CEO. Technical External Training
• Created the company and led technology training and support, custom software development, and consulting for international corporations and European government agencies.
• Professor of information technology at Escuela de Hacienda Pública in Madrid.

1986-1988 INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER. King’s Documentation Centre
• Managed the information systems of this British multinational company.
• Designed and implemented pioneer systems for automated document translation.

1983-1991 JOURNALIST, ANALYST AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. INGELEK Technical Books
• Wrote several technical books, from Introduction to Computers to Programming.
• Technical Editor and writer of the Spanish Edition of PC Magazine.
• Editor-in-Chief of Informática Personal, a national computing magazine.
• Journalist and programmer for three computer magazines and one newspaper.

HIGHER EDUCATION

• Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Doctorate of Liberal Studies on Technology Adoption in Higher Education. May 2013.
• Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. Master in Business Administration. Concentration in Management Information Systems and Finance. December 1994. GPA: 4.0.
• Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Majors in Decision Sciences and Management. December 1992. Summa Cum Laude.

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

• CIPP: Certified Information Privacy Professional, Washington, DC, March 2009.
• Georgetown University Professional Manager Certificate, Washington, DC, May 2005.
• CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Washington, DC, August 2004.
• Emeritus MCSE: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Saint Louis, Missouri, July 1998.
• Emeritus MPS: Microsoft Product Specialist, Saint Louis, Missouri, December 1996.
• Emeritus CNE: Certified Novell Engineer, Saint Louis, Missouri. December 1993.

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 2020 Fulbright Specialist Award.
• 2018 Hispanic Technology Council 100 Award.
• 2014 Hispanic Technology Council 100 Award.
• 2013 Hispanic Technology Council 100 Award.
• 2012 Georgetown University Outstanding Faculty Member.
• 2011 Hispanic Technology Council Mentorship Award.
• 2011 Hispanic Technology Council 100 Award.
• 2011 Georgetown University Dean’s Service Award.
• 2011 Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology’s Top 200 Most Influential Hispanic in Technology.
• 2010 Georgetown University Dean’s Service Award.
• 2010 Hispanic Business Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Hispanics.
• 2009 Georgetown University Dean’s Service Award.

BOARD, COMMITTEE AND LEADERSHIP SERVICE

• Board member of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy since 2020.
• Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center since 2020.
• Board member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center between 2009 and 2020.
• Member of the 2021-2022 EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee.
• Member of the EDUCAUSE Higher Education Information Security Council from 2017 to 2020.
• Advisory Board Member of the Hispanic Technology Council from 2014 to 2018.
• Board Member of the Hispanic Technology Council from 2006 to 2014.
• Member of the 2009-2012 EDUCAUSE Professional Development Committee.
• Member of the 2009-2011 Law School Admissions Council IS Division Advisory Group.
• Chair of 2006 EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee.
• Member of the 2003-2006 EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee.
• Member of the 2000-2006 Facilities Committee of the American Bar Association.

SELECT PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
• Cybersecurity and education, INDOTEL, Dominican Republic, 2023.
• Fullbright Specialist awardee, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, 2020.
• Panelist, Latin American Constitutional Justices Conference, “From innovation to regulation, “ Cartagena de Indias, 2019.
• Closing speaker, OECD Going Digital Conference, “A Secure Future,” Paris, 2019.
• Plenary speaker, Spanish Embassy, “Un Futuro Ciberseguro,” Washington, DC, 2019.
• Contributor to Electronic Privacy Information Center’s friend of the court briefs for several US Supreme Court cases: US v. Microsoft (2018,) Byrd v. US (2017,) US v. Jones (2011,) Sorrell v. IMS Health (2011,) Tolentino v. New York (2011,) FCC v. AT&T (2010,) City of Ontario v. Quon (2010,) John Doe#1 v. Reed (2010,) NASA v. Nelson (2010,) Herring v. US (2008) and Flores-Figueroa v. US (2008.)
• Panelist, Telemundo Center, “Emerging Technologies in the Digital Age,” Miami, FL, 2018.
• Speaker, American Association of Law Libraries, “Fake News,” Baltimore, MD, 2018.
• Speaker, CISO Executive Network’s Healthcare Information Security Summit, “I scream, you scream, we all scream for the Allscripts breach,” Camden, NJ, 2018.
• Speaker, Beazley Broker Retreat, “On GDPR,” Naples, FL, 2018.
• Speaker, Compliance in an Ever-Evolving Digital Ecosystem, “Opening and Closing Remarks,” Washington, DC, 2018.
• University Lecture, “Doing I.T. Right,” Drexel University, Philadelphia, 2017.
• Chapter publication “Protecting Data Privacy in Education” for Marc Rotenberg’s book Privacy in the Modern Age: The Search for Solutions, The New Press, 2015.
• Speaker, TEDx Talk, “Viva la Revolución… en la Educación,” Bogotá, 2015.
• Chapter publication “Georgetown University: Web Conferencing – A Critical Skill for the Connected World” for Diana Oblinger’s book Game Changers, EDUCAUSE, 2012.
• Contributor to Electronic Privacy Information Center’s friend of the court briefs for eight US Supreme Court cases: US v. Jones (2011,) Sorrell v. IMS Health (2011,) Tolentino v. New York (2011,) FCC v. AT&T (2010,) City of Ontario v. Quon (2010,) John Doe#1 v. Reed (2010,) NASA v. Nelson (2010,) Herring v. US (2008) and Flores-Figueroa v. US (2008.)
• Speaker, ORACLE Higher Education, “Trends in Higher Education & Technology,” Orlando, 2012.
• Speaker, EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, “Diversity,” Denver, 2012.
• Speaker and committee member, International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy, in Madrid, Jerusalem, Mexico City and Punta del Este, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
• Panelist, Health Privacy Summit, Washington, 2012.
• Speaker, Mid-Atlantic Regional EDUCAUSE Conference, “Diversity,” Baltimore, 2012.
• Speaker, Southeast Regional EDUCAUSE Conference, “Negotiation Skills,” Charlotte, 2011.
• Speaker, Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, “Technology Leaders,” Washington, 2011.
• Speaker and steering member, Internet Governance Forum USA, Washington, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
• Speaker, Hispanic Technology Council, Washington, Atlanta, San Jose and Washington, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
• Speaker, United Nations Internet Governance Forum, Sharm el-Sheikh, Vilnius and Nairobi, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
• Speaker and Governing Body Member, CIO Summits, Washington, 2011 and 2012.
• Speaker, Mid-Atlantic Information Security Forum, Washington, 2010 and 2011.
• Panelist, CIO Talk Radio, “Building a Velcro IT Organization,” August 24, 2011.
• Steering Committee member, Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference, Washington, 2011.
• Speaker, Russian Internet Governance Forum, “Internet Scenarios,” Moscow, 2011.
• Speaker, TEDx Talk, “The Internet and Virtual Aliens,” Washington, 2011.
• Lecturer, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, 2011.
• Professor, INFOTEC Masters in Innovation, “Innovative IT Organizations,” Mexico, 2011.
• Speaker, Cyber Security Readiness Conference, Crystal City, VA, 2010.
• Lecturer, Instituto de Estudios Garrigues, Madrid, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
• Co-author of the book “Gestión de Proyectos de E-learning,” RA-MA Editorial, Madrid, 2010.
• Speaker, Electronic Services, New Orleans, Las Vegas and Miami, 2009, 2010 and 2012.
• Publication in EDUCAUSE Review, “On DiversITy,” Vol. 44 No. 2, 2009.
• Speaker, CIO.NET event, “Educating the CIO,” Madrid, 2009.