Jerry Archer is senior vice president and chief security officer for Sallie Mae. Mr. Archer's responsibilities include securing and protecting consumer privacy and for information security initiatives across the enterprise. Prior to this position, Mr. Archer was the chief information security officer for Intuit's global operations.
Prior to Intuit, Archer was managing director at Global Competitive Strategies, LLC, where he provided insight and validation in the areas of policy, technology, products and strategy to a broad array of firms and government. Previously, Mr. Archer was senior vice president for Global Interoperability at Visa International, where his team codified the policies, standards and best practices for Visa systems and networks globally. Before Visa, at the Fidelity Brokerage Company, he was senior vice president of information security and technical risk providing leadership for the brokerage company's operational and strategic security and risk programs.
Earlier his work in the U.S. Intelligence Community earned Mr. Archer the National Performance Review Hammer Award, a Distinguished Service Award from the Central Intelligence Agency and a Meritorious Unit Citation from the National Security Agency. Mr. Archer is a member of many professional and industry groups such as the ACM, IEEE, ISAC, ISC2, and ISSAC.