Department of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence Summit 2021 2021-05-17T04:00:00-04:00 2021-05-21T13:00:00-04:00
May 17 – 21, 2021
Virtual Event
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Randy Sandone, CCISO Executive Director, Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute

Randall Sandone is Executive Director of the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute, which is part of the the University of Illinois’ Information Trust Institute.

Sandone is managing the launch of the Institute and serving as a primary point-of-contact with DHS and partnering organizations. He works with research partners to ensure that projects are aligned with DHS strategic priorities; are executed on schedule and within budget; and deliver meaningful products and services to the homeland security and critical infrastructure communities.

He has had a comprehensive career guiding research and technology projects in settings ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. His strengths lie in relationship building and project management.

His professional experience is in the software development sector. As part of the executive leadership for a number of globally-oriented companies, he was responsible for technology transition and licensing, commercialization, and product development. He established strategic alliances with companies such as Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Fujitsu-Siemens. Mr. Sandone also helped market information trust and assurance solutions to the Department of Defense, National Reconnaissance Office, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Mr. Sandone is a former member of the University of Illinois College of Engineering Advisory Board and was a finalist for Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year for Illinois and Northern Indiana” and finalist for KPMG’s “Illinois Technology Award.”

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