Robert Wood

CISO
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Profile

Robert Wood is an Acceleration Economy Analyst focusing on Cyber Security. He has led the development of multiple cyber security programs from the ground up at startups across the healthcare, cyber security, and digital marketing industries. Between experience with startups and application security consulting he has both leadership and hands on experience across technical domains such as the cloud, containers, DevSecOps, quantitative risk assessments, and more. Robert has a deep interest in the soft skills side of cyber security leadership, workforce development, communication and budget and strategy alignment. He is currently the Chief Information Security Officer at a U.S. Federal Agency and his views are his own, not representing that of the U.S. Government or any agency.