Career profile
Alicia Lynch
Global Chief Information Security Officer, TD SYNNEX
- Role as of 26 August 2024, the date of the latest source
- August 2024
As of August 2024, Alicia Lynch is the Global Chief Information Security Officer of TD SYNNEX, an IT solutions and services provider.
She brings more than 30 years of intelligence, security, and cyber experience from the Department of Defense, the defense contracting community, and the private sector.
Career path
Lynch served in the US Army as both an Intelligence and Cyber Officer, retiring as a Colonel in 2012.
She led units ranging from team-sized to a Brigade and worked at every echelon from Company to National level, in combat and garrison assignments around the world.
After leaving the Army, she moved into commercial cyber and security executive roles, including Vice President of Enterprise Solutions at a cyber startup, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Accenture Federal Services, and Chief Information Security Officer at SAIC.
In July 2021 she joined Cognizant, where she held the titles of Senior Vice President, Chief Security Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer.
Prior to joining TD SYNNEX, she held cybersecurity leadership roles at Cognizant, SAIC, and Accenture, and TD SYNNEX subsequently named her Chief Information Security Officer.
Boards, fellowships and credentials
Lynch served as the founding Chairwoman of the WashingtonExec CISO Council and sat on its Women's Leadership Council.
She is a member of the Northern Virginia Technology Council's Cybersecurity & Privacy Committee and its Leadership Board, and has participated in Zoom's CISO Council.
She completed the Center for Strategic and International Studies Women's Global Leadership Program as a Graduate Fellow.
She holds an MBA from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business and a CIO Program Certificate from the College of Information and Cyberspace at National Defense University.
She is a graduate of the FBI's Chief Information Security Officer Academy at Quantico and holds the Certified Information Systems Security Professional credential.
She has been named multiple times to lists of Top CISOs to watch in Washington, DC.
