Benjamin Marasco - Mba

Benjamin Marasco is an experienced IT professional with a diverse range of roles and responsibilities. Benjamin currently holds the position of IT Director and Chief Information Security Officer at the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), where they are responsible for overseeing IT operations and ensuring cybersecurity measures are in place. Prior to this, they worked at NRL Mortgage as the Director of Information Technology and Information Security Officer, where they successfully improved the company's IT infrastructure, cloud services, and security protocols. Before that, Benjamin was employed by PHEAA, where they served as the IT Director, leading teams in vulnerability management and cloud delivery. At General Motors, they held several managerial positions, overseeing video and immersive technologies, core network delivery, telecom data center engineering, and telecom program delivery. Earlier in their career, Benjamin worked at Hewlett-Packard, TransUnion, Spherion, and AT&T, gaining experience in project and program management, network security, and multimedia technology. Benjamin possesses various certifications, including an MBA, ITIL, PMP, TOGAF, and CISSP.

Benjamin Marasco has an extensive education history and a range of certifications. Benjamin has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a focus on Management of Technology from the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. Additionally, they hold a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Music Education, specializing in Choral with an emphasis on Opera from Toccoa Falls College.

In terms of certifications, Benjamin Marasco is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)², obtained in 2022. Benjamin is also certified in TOGAF 9 from The Open Group, obtained in 2015. Furthermore, they hold the following certifications from Cisco: Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), and HP Networking ASE+ obtained in 2011. Lastly, Benjamin Marasco is certified in IT Information Library Foundations (ITIL) from AXELOS Global Best Practice and has a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute - Atlanta, obtained in 2010.