Israel Martinez

Current

• Private Sector Co-Chair at U.S. National Cyber Security Council
• Member IT Advisory Panel at Forbes

Past

• SVP at NET(net)
• President & CEO at ACG, Inc.
• Executive at CSC

• CIO /Asst. Dir. of Technology at U.S. Olympic Festival and Atlanta Olympic Games;

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Education

• The University of Texas
• U.S. Naval Science Institute

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Israel Martinez’s Summary

Mr. Martinez has over 17 years of experience as an executive team member in Fortune 500 technology companies both as a provider and as a CIO. Most recently he was CEO of ACG, Inc., a leading IT services company providing cyber security solutions to; financial services companies, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense. Mr. Martinez has also served on CIO Magazine's CIO Forum, the Forbes Advisory Panel for information technology issues, has been a distinguished guest to the Forbes CEO Forum for four (4) years, and is a national member of the Society of Information Management (SIM), serving on the Enterprise Architecture Working Group.

Mr. Martinez is a recipient of the U.S. Medal of Freedom - endorsed by U.S. Senators Frist, and celebrated by both Senators Dole as one of Texas' 100 distinguished citizens.

During his career at CSC and as Asst or Dir. of IT for AOB for the Atlanta Olympic Games and The U.S. Olympic Festival, his responsibilities have included M&A, outsourcing, technical solution development, procurement and over $500 million in contract negotiations for Fortune 500 companies, in 17 countries.

Martinez holds a B.B.A. in Accounting and Information Systems. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Science Institute in Newport, Rhode Island, The University of Texas in San Antonio and is a recipient of the Melvin J. Reiger Physics Scholarship, at the University of Texas in Austin.

Israel Martinez’s Specialties:

Business: M&A, IT asset management and optimization in enterprise environments, contract negotiation experience in 17 countries. Technical: Network Engineering, complex technology solutions, information assurance and cyber security.

Israel Martinez’s Experience

• Private Sector Co-Chair

  U.S. National Cyber Security Council

  (Educational Institution; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2009 — Present (1 year 2 months)

  The U.S. National Cyber Security Council (NCSC) was established to unite private and government sector executives in a common mission to promote cyber security threat awareness and to provide practical solutions. Through our discovery sessions members take lessons learned and best practices back to their respective organizations in an effort to better secure their enterprises. NCSC has established 52 committees recruiting executive representation from each major industry in the U.S. and executives from their respective governing agencies. This includes representation from Fortune 1000, throughout congress, and the intelligence community.
  
  There is a private sector outreach program via linked-in for those interested in participating.

• Member IT Advisory Panel

  Forbes

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)

  Forum of CxOs that share IT strategy and insight into market place trends, via blog and annual caucus.

• SVP

  NET(net)

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  Mr. Martinez merged the private sector of one of his previously owned companies into NET(net) and then served as SVP of Strategic Initiatives. NET(net) is an Information Technology asset management optimization firm. Responsibilities included mergers and acquisitions, and strategic initiatives with; outsourcing companies, suppliers, and private equity firms. He completed the earn out of his term in December of 2008.

• President & CEO

  ACG, Inc.

  (Computer & Network Security industry)

  August 1992 — July 2007 (15 years )

  Executed agreements to IDIQ contracts ($30+million each) at C level with; Perot Systems, IBM, Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, and Bearing Point, solutions included;
  
  Software Products• Enterprise; SOA, EA and EAI • Integration services; in IBM, HP, Unix, Sun- mainframe and client server technology •Consulting; security assessments & BPR • Outsourcing; network security, help desk, data center and BPO.
  
  Launched new territory and clients; Dept. Homeland Security HQ, DoD, Defense Information Systems Agency, State of Massachusetts, USDA, State of Texas, Attorney General’s Office, Health and Human Services and Fortune 100 financial institutions.
  
  Directed a 24 month campaign that resulted in a subcontractor award for ACG with two of the largest Government IDIQs including; DHS EAGLE and DHS SBInet (Strategic Border Initiative) both multi-Billion contracts-Perot Systems and Unisys respectively.
  
  Led a private sector advisory team on the first draft of the White House National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.

• Executive

  CSC

  (Public Company; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1995 — February 2003 (7 years 6 months)

  Computer Sciences Corporation, Inc. (CSC) - Dallas, TX
  Member Advisory Staff (Business) Led pursuit teams providing IT solutions such as; integration services, custom and packaged software solutions, management consulting, data center consolidation and outsourcing. Complex solutions into accounts such as; Citigroup, AIG, ING, GE Capital, Visa International, National Security Group, and American General Financial Services. Integrated partners included; AT&T, Cisco, IBM, EDS.
  
  Served and managed multiple Global Account Teams and negotiated multi-country contracts with C-level executives in the “U.S. Global Fortune 100" financial institutions such as; Citicorp, AEGON, and Banamex (the largest bank in Latin America). International business included China, Hong Kong, England, Japan, Italy, France, Netherlands, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ukraine, and Canada.
  
  President’s club member.
  Elected by company peers as “best speaker”

• CIO /Asst. Dir. of Technology

  U.S. Olympic Festival and Atlanta Olympic Games;

  (Computer Networking industry)

  July 1991 — August 1996 (5 years 2 months)

  (AOB) – Atlanta, GA
  Assistant Director of Technology 1993-96
  
  Led the team that designed and implemented the network infrastructure to support the broadcasting of the 1996 Olympic Games which supported; 110 countries, and 1,800 users during live televised broadcasts. Mission included; DR & integration of 20+ technology suppliers, integrating with 5 policing and federal agencies on network and information security. Awarded the U.S. Olympic Bronze Medal for effectively leading the IT disaster recovery team that executed the DR plan after the Olympic Park bombing.
  
  U.S. Olympic Festival, 1991-993
  CIO
  Partnered with the Alamo PC Users Group and Won PC Magazine’s Reach Award for the design and implementation of a state-of-the art WAN. It was an unprecedented solution showcased by; LAN Magazine (#1 in the “TOP 100”, case study June 1993), PCWeek, Communications Week, InfoWorld, and LAN Times. Grew an IT department from 5 to 120 members, and integrated 20+ technology suppliers, in two years.

Israel Martinez’s Education

• The University of Texas

  Bachelors , Accounting & Information Systems

  Constitutional member of BYX, a christian fraternity
  
  Recipient of the Melvin J. Reiger Physics Scholarship from the University of Texas at Austin.

  Activities and Societies:

  Beta Upsilon Chi, BYX (Fraternity)

• U.S. Naval Science Institute

  Graduate , Naval systems, nuclear power and engineering

  Activities and Societies:

  University of Texas Navy R.O.T.C. Recipient of the Daughter's of the American Revolution medal for Outstanding Performance.

Additional Information

Israel Martinez’s Interests:

Hiking, biking (mountain bike and Harley Davidson v-rod), enterprise architecture, information security, politics,target shooting.

Israel Martinez’s Groups:

National and DFW Member; Society of Information Managers (SIM), and member of Enterprise Architecture Working Group.
U.S. Senate Inner Circle in Washington, D.C.
Member of the Forbes Technology Advisory Panel
Advisory Board, the University of Texas, Arlington
Co-founder of a consortium that developed a solution for early detection of pathogens such as Avian Flu – consortium included; ACG, UT Health Science Center, U.S. Air Force, Northrop Grumman and over $5 million in funding.
Speakers Circuit; the U.S. Capitol (Demographic voting patterns), Pedagogical University, in Kamyanets Podolosky, Ukraine (Technology’s impact on global communities), and the Floresville Economic Development Corporation in San Antonio, TX, which is dedicated to the creation of new jobs in an impoverished community.
Life Member, Harley Davidson Owners Group

•    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
•    Texas Exes/University of Texas at Austin
•    FORUM Leadership
•    Computer Security and Forensics
•    CIO Forum
•    Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Network
•    Homeland Security
•    ex-CSC Alumni
•    The M&A Forum
•    Olympic and Paralympic Games Alumni
•    United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
•    SIMposium
•    Department of Defense
•    Congressional Staff Association
•    Current and Former CSC Employees
•    Cleared Connections
•    DOD-CERT Alumni
•    NSA Information Assurance
•    CIO Impacts Forum
•    White House Alumni
•    The Intelligence Community (IC)
•    DFW CIO
•    CYBER SECURITY Forum Initiative - CSFI
•    InfoSec World
•    Forbes CIO Network
•    National Cyber Security Council

Israel Martinez’s Honors:

Over the years Mr.Martinez Has provided leadership and advice to the to Congressional leadership on international trade, information security, and intellectual property.

Staff member of the 1996 Olympic Games; received bronze medal for successful execution of operations.

PC Magazine’s Reach Award for the design and implementation of a state-of-the art WAN, also LAN Magazine (#1 in the “TOP 100”).

Recipient U.S. Medal of Freedom, endorsed by Senator Frist, and celebrated by Senators Dole as one of Texas 100 distinguished citizens.

Distinguished Speaker, elected by peers at CSC.

Daughters of the American Revolution for Academic performance at U.S. Naval Science Institute and UT Austin.

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