Kenneth Mortensen

Current

• Chief Privacy Officer at Boston Scientific
• Adjunct Professor for Strategic Information Management at Syracuse University
• Pro Bono General Counsel (Information Governance & Privacy) at National Cyber Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA)

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Past

• Adjunct Professor for National Security and Criminal Justice at West Chester University of Pennsylvania
• Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer at U.S. Department of Justice
• Deputy Chief Privacy Officer (formerly the Acting Chief of Staff) at U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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Education

• Villanova University School of Law
• Villanova University
• Drexel University

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Industry

Medical Devices

Kenneth Mortensen’s Summary

Profile: Strategic leader with breadth of successful experience as Chief Privacy Officer/Senior Counsel implementing information governance strategies addressing operational and risk management based architectures that incorporate appropriate privacy protections and knowledge frameworks.

Areas of Expertise:
• Strategic Information Management
• Corporate Information Governance Principles
• International Privacy and Data Protection (EU/APEC)
• Key Staffing and Core Competency Development
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Privacy Culture Awareness Initiatives
• Metrics-based Assessments

Key Roles:
• Acting Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, U.S. Department of Justice
• Deputy Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Outside Counsel for Information and Privacy, PA Office of the Attorney General (through Harvey & Mortensen)

Served as the primary legal and policy advisor to the U.S. Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General on privacy and civil liberties matters concerning agency operations and policy development. Oversaw the strategic implementation of information policy, especially concerning privacy and civil liberties, throughout the Department, including the policy governing information technology development to safeguard the privacy and civil liberties of individuals about whom the Department collects, uses, maintains, and disseminates personal information, while maximizing the operational thresholds for national security and law enforcement activities. Supervised the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties. Served as the federal Senior Agency Official for Privacy, reviewed mission operations to ensure effective compliance with appropriate privacy and civil liberties authorities, interacted with international data protection authorities concerning the interpretation of domestic and international privacy law especially with regard to law enforcement information sharing and intelligence.

Additional Information

Kenneth Mortensen’s Honors:

2008 Federal 100 Award Recipient, (http://www.fcw.com/events/fed100/2008/winners_list.html)