Joseph Dalessandro
Professor
Biography
Joseph (Joe) Dalessandro, MS, has extensive experience in Information security, risk and audit. He is currently head of security and technology audit and audit data analytics for an Australian corporation. Joe is also CTO for SAM for Compliance, a cybersecurity start-up that provides a platform for cybersecurity standards assessment, reporting and continuous improvement. Joe worked in the U.S. in information security for Vanguard, the largest mutual fund company in the world with over four trillion dollars in assets under management, where his role was part advisory serving as information security liaison with the Asia-Pacific offices of Vanguard, and part operative, performing information security risk assessments of Vanguard's vendors and partners. Prior to this role, Joe spent four years in Australia and was the head of internal audit for the Asia-Pacific region for Vanguard covering Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.