Israel Martinez
Israel Martinez is recognized as a leader in boardroom Governance, Cyber Risk, Strategy and Innovation by the U.S. Secret Service; the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD®); the Wall Street Journal MarketWatch®, and the Forbes Technology Council. He has served as a director or board advisor across major industries including healthcare; technology, manufacturing, human resources, financial services, mid-market, government and international boards. As a boardroom educator, he has recently briefed and/or trained 190+ Fortune 500 board members and/or generals counsel including Google; Intel; GE; Walt Disney; Microsoft; Ford; Walmart; Comcast; Bank of America; Humana; 7-Eleven and American and Hispanic Bar Association Fellows.
His current responsibilities include the American Red Cross as a board member for the North Texas Region; NACD® as a Board Leadership Fellow; an NACD Top 100 Director nominee, nominated by the U.S. Secret Service office of Strategic Intelligence; DHS, serving as an Industry Advisor to CISA; HMG Strategy as the Conference Chair in a network of 300K technology executives; American University Kogod Cyber Governance Center as a Founding Member; the Global Directors & Officers ISAO, as Co-Chairman and Founder; and Axon Global Services as CEO and Global CTO. As CEO of Axon, his leadership team services F500 companies, and the United States Government - Axon is one of three U.S. private sector companies chosen to brief The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) IAP regarding Supply Chain Risk in Hyper-Connected networks. Axon also services U.S. allies such as Japanese current industry leaders of METI as well as those governing cyber risk and strategy for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Martinez is recognized by the Wall Street Journal® as, “[One of] the most influential, forward-thinking and successful IT Leaders”; HITEC, where he is listed along with others, such as facebook’s CIO, as a Top 100 technology influencer & innovator; and the Forbes Technology Council as a contributing editor. He is also the recipient of the U.S. Senatorial Medal of Freedom, “the highest award Republican members of the U.S. Senate can bestow [NRSC]”. For over 20 years he’s also been a bipartisan, bicameral advisor in cyber counter-terrorism and defense to Congress; Several Presidential Administrations as a cyber risk advisor; The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), office of the CEO; the Global Manufacturing ISAO (Obama administration); the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI); the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility for Fortune 500 Directors (HACR); and the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA).
His public discourses include, Business Insider; the Huffington Post; American University KCGC in Washington, D.C.; the White House Office of Science, Technology and Policy; PBS-KERA television; The American Bar Association (ABA); Washington & Lee University (CLAC conference); the Federal Reserve; Government Security News; the U.S. and U.K. intelligence community; CSO Magazine; Forbes CEO conferences; InfoWorld Magazine; Sync Magazine; The Big Shift in IT Leadership ©; Globes in Tel Aviv Israel; The University of Texas in San Antonio, where he received a B.B.A. in Accounting & Information Systems; and CIO/CISO conferences across major cities in the U.S. and internationally.
He’s a passionate seeker of knowledge recently completing, DHS Cyber Counter Terrorism & Defense certification; business strategy CLE at Harvard; FINTECH block chain certification at MIT; KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute program; and the NACD Master’s Program - achieving the highest level of credentialing for corporate governance professionals.
His corporate training includes eight years with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), now DXC Technology, as a global account executive with Fortune 100 financial services companies. He has led crisis management teams through the 9-11 World Trade Center attack; the Olympic Park Bombing; the 2008 financial crisis; hurricane Harvey 2017; and over 200 advanced cyber-attacks and breaches. He has extensive international experience traveling over 2 million air miles negotiating contracts in 20 countries.
Israel Martinez
CEO & Global CTO
