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Stephanie Cervantes, CEO
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Stephanie Cervantes is the Owner of Secure Smart Solutions, where she utilizes her 25 years of experience in the security and privacy realms to create relevant training classes for her clients’ needs and to meet regulatory compliance in their work spaces.
After a distinguished career in CA government she consulted for a telecom company, has done several keynote talks and joined cyber panels as a security expert, joined an IT reseller for a brief period before going out on her own to start Secure Smart Solutions. Stephanie sits on an Advisory Board to a start-up company in the Silicon Valley, is a frequent panelist and speaker at cyber events and has written and collaborated on cyber security and privacy training courses for continuing education institutions.
She has been a Chief Security Architect for the largest public-sector pension fund in the world; managed technical security testing for two large State of CA ERP projects, along with quality assurance for one of the projects. Stephanie started one of the first Privacy Offices for the State of CA. She has been a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and served on many State and Federal level security policy development groups and advisory boards. She is the founder of the CA Inter-Agency Security Group, which she chaired for 20 years. She is a founding member and current Board Member of the Sacramento Chapter of InfraGard, a public / private sector alliance between the FBI and critical infrastructure. Through her work with InfraGard she received an FBI Director’s Award for Exceptional Service in the Public Interest from FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2011. Stephanie received an Information Security Leadership Award in 2014 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the State of CA Information Security Community.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from California State University, Sacramento and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) certifications.
After a distinguished career in CA government she consulted for a telecom company, has done several keynote talks and joined cyber panels as a security expert, joined an IT reseller for a brief period before going out on her own to start Secure Smart Solutions. Stephanie sits on an Advisory Board to a start-up company in the Silicon Valley, is a frequent panelist and speaker at cyber events and has written and collaborated on cyber security and privacy training courses for continuing education institutions.
She has been a Chief Security Architect for the largest public-sector pension fund in the world; managed technical security testing for two large State of CA ERP projects, along with quality assurance for one of the projects. Stephanie started one of the first Privacy Offices for the State of CA. She has been a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and served on many State and Federal level security policy development groups and advisory boards. She is the founder of the CA Inter-Agency Security Group, which she chaired for 20 years. She is a founding member and current Board Member of the Sacramento Chapter of InfraGard, a public / private sector alliance between the FBI and critical infrastructure. Through her work with InfraGard she received an FBI Director’s Award for Exceptional Service in the Public Interest from FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2011. Stephanie received an Information Security Leadership Award in 2014 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the State of CA Information Security Community.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from California State University, Sacramento and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) certifications.
Ray Cervantes
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Ray Cervantes is the VP of Business Development at Secure Smart Solutions. He brings over 30+ years in sales, negotiations and regulatory compliance to the table, as well as numerous sales awards.
After a long career in Real Estate and with the State of CA selling worker’s compensation insurance and managing Claims and Human Resources Sections, he co-founded Secure Smart Solutions.
Ray loves solving problems for people. He excells at assisting customers find solutions to those problems by matching them with the technology or training to meet their needs.
While Business Development is his primary job function by day, Ray also enjoys golfing, traveling and spending time with his family and 7 granddaughters. He holds a B.S. from California State University, Chico.
After a long career in Real Estate and with the State of CA selling worker’s compensation insurance and managing Claims and Human Resources Sections, he co-founded Secure Smart Solutions.
Ray loves solving problems for people. He excells at assisting customers find solutions to those problems by matching them with the technology or training to meet their needs.
While Business Development is his primary job function by day, Ray also enjoys golfing, traveling and spending time with his family and 7 granddaughters. He holds a B.S. from California State University, Chico.
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Gretchen Thomas
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