Alissa Abdullah is on the board of Smartsheet, Inc. and Girls In Tech, Inc. (California) and Senior VP & Deputy Chief Security Officer at Mastercard, Inc.

In the past he occupied the position of Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Lockheed Martin Corp., Chief Information Security Officer for Stryker Corp., Chief Information Security Officer for Xerox Corp., Associate VP-Enterprise Solutions Division at Catapult Technology Ltd. and Deputy Chief Information Officer at Executive Office of The President.

Dr. Abdullah received a doctorate from Capella University LLC, a graduate degree from George Washington University and an undergraduate degree from Savannah State University.