Amber Smith
Executive Director Of Information Technology And Chief Information Security Officer
Houston, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAmber Smith is an accomplished IT executive and CISO with over a decade of leadership experience building secure, compliant technology programs for higher education institutions. Based in Houston, she has driven GLBA and NIST readiness, implemented technical controls and user training, and now focuses on cyber resilience through documented contingency plans and drills. Her background spans hands-on systems administration, database programming, LMS and SIS administration, and long-term program management—skills she still occasionally exercises by writing code. Known for turning operational complexity into audited, repeatable processes, she founded and facilitated cross-functional user groups to improve data quality and governance. Amber pairs deep technical foundations (Unix, SQL, networking) with practical policymaking and board-level reporting experience. She is motivated to close remaining certification gaps to formally validate a broad, practice-oriented expertise.
9 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Hilton Computer StrategiesMathematics, Mathematics at San Jacinto CollegeUnix, Unix at UNI-KOMPInformation Technology, Information Technology at ExecuTrainUnix and UNIBASIC, Unix and UNIBASIC at DataWest Information SystemsComputer Operations, Computer Operations, Computer Operations, Computer Operations at AIRCO
Github Skills (25)
javascript10
react-native10
storybook10
ui-components10
testing10
typescript10
vite10
web-components10
webpack10
vue10
html10
isolation10
svelte10
frontend10
react10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dwegrzen/Plethora
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:115 pushes, 5 comments, 9 issues in 27 days
smithambera/Ice-Cream-Shop
Jun 2016 - Feb 2020
Contributions:2 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 8 months
reactjavascriptshopice-creamice
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