Speaker

Robert Mayer is Senior Vice President of Cybersecurity & Innovation with the USTelecom Association (USTelecom) with responsibility for leading cyber and national security policy and strategic initiatives. He is the current Chairman of the Communications Sector Coordinating Council (CSCC), which represents the broadcast, cable, satellite, wireless and wireline industries in connection with the DHS and public-private partnership activities across the U.S. government. Mr. Mayer also serves as Co-Chair of the Department of Homeland Security’s ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force.

Mr. Mayer was appointed to the FCC Communications Security Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC V), after having led a 100-person team of cybersecurity professionals that produced a landmark report to adapt the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to the broadcast, cable, satellite, wireless and wireline industries. Prior to USTelecom, Mr. Mayer served as the top telecommunications official for New York State as Telecom Director of the New York Public Service Commission and held consultant positions with KPMG and Deloitte.