Mark Thomas

Mark is an internationally known Governance, Risk, and Compliance expert specializing in information assurance, IT risk, IT strategy, service management, cybersecurity, and digital trust.  Mark has a wide array of industry experience including government, health care, finance/banking, manufacturing, and technology services.  He has held roles spanning from CIO to IT consulting and is considered a thought leader in frameworks such as COBIT, DTEF, NIST, ITIL and multiple ISO standards.   Mark is also a two-time recipient of the ISACA John Kuyers award for best conference contributor/speaker as well as an ISACA Hall of Fame recipient in 2024. He is also an APMG product knowledge assessor for the CGEIT, CRISC and CDPSE certifications.