Season 2 Episode 2: Wise Women: A Chat with Chandra McMahon

In this episode Chandra McMahon, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Verizon, speaks on her career journey and insights she learned along the way. She touches on key decisions, hurdles, and the role of mentor-ship for building a successful career. She also shares her thoughts on the challenges women in technology face, and advice on navigating the industry.

Guest: Chandra McMahon

Chandra McMahon is a Senor Vice President and CISO for Verizon. She is responsible for setting information security strategy, policy, standards, architectures, and processes.  She and her team work with an across Verizon’s business units to protect its customers and its leading network. Prior to joining Verizon, Chandra help leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Lockheed Martin, including serving as the company’s CISO  and most recently as Vice President of Commercial Markets.  She holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Tech, as well as  Masters Degree in Engineering Science from Penn State University. 

Host: Audrey Gonzalez

Audrey Gonzalez is an Information Technology Analyst in the Ignite Digital Leadership Program at the World Renewable Energy Company NextEra Energy. In her role she rotates between various IT assignments with leadership and technical training along the way. Her diverse assignments have included IT communications and employee programs, cybersecurity strategic projects and process and improvements, automated database testing, and cybersecurity phishing awareness.  She graduated from the University of Florida with a Masters degree in International Business and a Bachelors degree in Business Management. She also holds a Six Sigma Green Belt Certification.