Michael Molina

Michael Molina has a strong background in information security and has held various leadership roles in this field. Michael is currently working as the Vice President, Information Security Officer at Columbia Bank New Jersey. Prior to this, they worked as the Information Security Manager at the same company from July 2021 to December 2023. Before joining Columbia Bank, Michael worked as the Vice President, Information Security Engineer at Tradeweb from December 2018 to July 2021. Michael also served as the Vice President, Information Security Officer at Mizuho Americas from December 2017 to December 2018. Michael's career began at SHI International Corp. where they worked as an Information Security Analyst from October 2012 to May 2014 and as a Microsoft Licensing Operations Specialist from July 2010 to October 2012. Michael also worked as a Security Analyst at Bridgewater Associates from June 2014 to November 2017.

Michael Molina has a Master of Science (MS) degree in Cyber Security and Privacy from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, which they completed from 2011 to 2014. Prior to this, they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Mathematics from Rutgers University, where they studied from 2005 to 2010. In addition to their academic achievements, they have obtained various certifications related to cloud security, data privacy, risk management, information systems security, and network analysis from institutions such as Cloud Security Alliance, (ISC)², ISACA, and CompTIA.