CITY was founded by a passionate cybersecurity practitioner that has over 20 years’ experience in cybersecurity and has worked in the capacity of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in the financial services and logistics industries. Mr. Willie has an MBA from Pace University and a B.S. in Computer Science from New York Institute of Technology (NYIT). Mr. Willie has also earned several cybersecurity certifications such as Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C|CISO), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) to name a few.

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Throughout Mr. Willie’s cybersecurity career, he experienced the demand for cybersecurity professionals continuously grow exponentially year over year, a significant shortage in skilled cybersecurity professionals, and cybercrime was accelerating at a blistering pace that cybersecurity professionals couldn’t keep up with the rapidly changing threat landscape. These challenges provoked Mr. Willie to act by establishing a cybersecurity career development organization, Cyber Intelligence Transforming Youth (CITY), designed to combat cybersecurity challenges plaguing the fabric of our highly digital world.

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CITY is laser-focused on cultivating the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. CITY’s cybersecurity career development program is engineered to address the rapidly growing cybersecurity workforce shortage, skills gap, and diversity challenges. We are committed to developing a highly competent, skilled, and diverse cybersecurity workforce cable of assisting nations, companies, and consumers in their efforts to protect themselves from cyber attacks, data privacy issues, and identity theft.