Dr. Jack Freund is an expert in IT risk management specializing in analyzing and communicating complex IT risk scenarios in plain language to business executives. Jack has been conducting quantitative information risk modeling since 2007. He currently leads a team of risk analysts at TIAA-CREF. Jack has over 15 years in IT and technology consulting for organizations such as Nationwide Insurance, CVS/Caremark, Lucent Technologies, Sony Ericsson, AEP, Wendy's International, and The State of Ohio. He holds a BS in CIS, master's in telecommunication and project management, a PhD in information systems, and the CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CIPP, and PMP certifications. Jack is a visiting professor… at DeVry University and a senior member of the ISSA, IEEE, and ACM. Jack chairs a CRISC subcommittee for ISACA and is a member of the Open Group's risk analyst certification committee. Jack's writings have appeared in the ISSA Journal, Bell Labs Technical Journal, Columbus CEO magazine, and he currently writes a risk column for @ISACA. You can follow all Jack's work and writings at riskdr.com.