ALFRED ORTIZ

ALFRED ORTIZ

ALFRED ORTIZ

Board Member

Alfred Ortiz is CEO of CSD Cyber, a provider of cybersecurity solutions. He has over 15 years of information technology experience with global companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Infor Global Solutions, and DriveLock before starting CSD Cyber. During his professional career he worked in various areas of sales, marketing, pre-sales and management covering regional territories from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego (including the McMurdo Station in Antarctica). His interest in global affairs started at a young age as an exchange student to Indonesia while in high school and continued his international scope through business and travel. In addition to his professional career, he has been involved in higher education as an adjunct professor at the University of the Incarnate Word (San Antonio, TX), Regis University, and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. In continuing his education and reaching for his academic goal, he is a doctoral candidate in Information Systems at IE University in Madrid, Spain. In addition, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Cal Poly Pomona, an MBA from University of the Incarnate Word, and executive education from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is originally from the Coachella Valley (California) and has lived in Colorado Springs since 2003. Alfred enjoys reading, tennis, and rugby.