Robert McVay, Cybersecurity Expert heading Smithers Information Security Services, Smithers

Robert McVay served in the U.S. Army for 30 years. During his military career McVay served at all levels of the Army and was the project manager for two different billion-dollar programs. McVay served as the first chief information security officer as well as deputy chief information officer for Cyberspace Management and Integration at the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. He also was the principal architect and then project manager for the U.S. Army’s most aggressive ERP deployment, which ultimately managed all personnel and payroll actions for more than 1.1 million U.S. Army service members. He then deployed to Afghanistan to build a similar system for the Afghan National Defense Forces. After retiring with distinction, McVay became a managing partner at Optimus Partners. The company specializes in providing strategy and technology consulting to senior and C-suite level executives for international and global firms. McVay has been with Smithers for two years and is the prime force behind the launch of the new Information Security Services of the Quality Assessments Division.