Rich Mikelinich

Richard Mikelinich joined the ITS community in the capacity of Chief Technology Officer in June 2017. He arrived at NYU from being the Chief Information Security Officer and HIPAA Security Officer at Yale University since November 2011. Prior to taking this role he was the Director of Information Security at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. He earned an Executive MS degree in Technology Management from Columbia University and was an instructor in the Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics Healthcare IT Certificate Program where he taught security and privacy. He also was the Director of IT Audit for Columbia University and Memorial Sloan Ketterin! g Cancer Center. He worked in technology management at IBM and Bank One. He holds the following industry certifications in Information Security and Risk Management: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSK, COBIT and ITILv3.