Ryan Shaw (E 2011)
Chief Information Security Officer, Arconic
Bio
Ryan Shaw is the Chief Information Security Officer of Arconic, a lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing company. His primary duties include managing cyber-security risk, leading the global incident response team, raising awareness of modern threats, overseeing regulatory compliance activities, and acting as an agent of change. His engineering, technical, and managerial experience enables him to stay in touch with daily risks while simultaneously sponsoring strategic security needs at an executive level.
Throughout his career, Ryan has held a range of roles such as Forensic Software Engineer and Adjunct Faculty at Carnegie Mellon University. He has supported federal law enforcement both as an employee and contractor, and has taken that cross-sector experience to improve his interaction with customers. Ryan has been the recipient of multiple leadership awards, including the INI Leadership Award and IEEE Student Branch Student Leader of the Year. In his spare time, Ryan programs and studies embedded electronics, performs ethical penetration testing, and flies drones.
Ryan received his Master’s from Carnegie Mellon University in Information Security and Technology Management, now the Master of Science in Information Security (MSIS) in 2011. He holds a B.S in Computer Science and Information Systems, with a focus in digital forensics, from Stockton University.