Paul J. Mocarski is a proven leader and strategist with experience building and leading effective information technology and security programs at large publicly and privately held companies. He currently serves as the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Sammons Financial Group. He previously led the global cybersecurity programs for Valspar and Sherwin-Williams. Paul has over 30 years of experience in a variety of roles and disciplines. During that time, he has built and led departments responsible for cybersecurity, disaster recovery, software change management, software quality assurance, and Internet systems engineering.