At the June 3 virtual meeting of our Upstate SC Chapter of Sisters in Crime, Jim Mann, a recently retired Security Strategist for HP Inc., will provide an overview of today’s biggest cyber threats, how criminals use them, and efforts to combat them. He’ll also answer member questions.
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Security
Strategist Jim Mann pictured at the 2020 NBA Finals.
In his “side job,” he serves as Head Statistician for the Houston Rockets.
Jim is a retired Distinguished Technologist from HP Inc. As
Security Strategist in the Office of the Chief Engineer, he led and participated in
various security-related activities both across HP and in industry
consortia. Jim led the company’s product security quality and governance
efforts, community development, education, supply chain security, and wrote
security requirements and policies. He served as a technical resource for HP
business units in bringing secure products to market. Active in numerous
industry consortia activities and other private-public forums related to
security, he also worked with security-sensitive U.S. government agencies.
Prior
to this position, Jim held various chief technologist and strategist roles
embedded in the business units. He was the Director of R&D at both
Hewlett-Packard and Compaq for iPAQ Handheld products, and held design and
management roles in both consumer and commercial desktop organizations. Jim
received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Engineering from Iowa State
University, where he graduated with Distinction and performed graduate work in
the fields of non-destructive evaluation and artificial intelligence. He was
awarded the 1992 Achievement Award by the American Society for Nondestructive
Testing. A resident of Cypress, Texas, Jim retired after 30 years at HP and
Compaq. He holds 32 Patents with more pending.
