36 Facts About Howard Schmidt

Howard Anthony Schmidt was a partner with Tom Ridge in Ridge Schmidt Cyber LLC, a consultancy company in the field of cybersecurity.

Howard Schmidt was the Cyber-Security Coordinator of the Obama Administration, operating in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

Howard Schmidt announced his retirement from that position on May 17,2012, effective at the end of the month.

Howard Schmidt died of brain cancer on March 2,2017, at his home in Muskego, Wisconsin.

Howard Schmidt held a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a Master of Arts degree in organizational management from the University of Phoenix.

Howard Schmidt holds an honorary doctorate degree in humane letters.

Howard Schmidt was a professor of practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology's GTISC, professor of research at Idaho State University, adjunct distinguished fellow with Carnegie Mellon's CyLab, and a distinguished fellow with the Ponemon Institute.

Howard Schmidt began his government service in the United States Air Force in 1967, where he studied chemical weapons, high explosives, and nuclear weapons while attending munitions school.

Between 1968 and 1974, Howard Schmidt completed three tours of duty in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

Howard Schmidt left active military duty in 1974, then started his civil service career at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, since renamed as the Barry M Goldwater Air Force Range and served as chief of transportation and deputy director of resource management until 1982.

Howard Schmidt served in the Arizona Air National Guard with the 161st Communications Squadron based at Phoenix International Airport, from 1989 until 1998.

Howard Schmidt was a city police officer from 1983 to 1994 for the Chandler Police Department in Arizona where he served on the SWAT team and the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Unit, and formed and led the Special Enforcement Team.

In 1998, Howard Schmidt transferred to the US Army Reserves as a special agent, Criminal Investigation Division, where he was assigned to the Computer Crime Investigations Unit.

Howard Schmidt has served with the 315th MP Det at Ft.

Howard Schmidt has testified as an expert witness in federal and military courts in the areas of computer crime, computer forensics and Internet crime.

In May 2003, Howard Schmidt retired from the White House after 31 years of public service in local and federal government.

Howard Schmidt assumed the role as the chair in January 2003 until his retirement in May 2003, when he joined eBay.

On Tuesday, December 22,2009, Howard Schmidt was named as the United States' top computer security advisor to President Barack Obama.

Previously, Schmidt served as a cyber-adviser in President George W Bush's White House and has served as chief security strategist for the US CERT Partners Program for the National Cyber Security Division through Carnegie Mellon University, in support of the Department of Homeland Security.

Howard Schmidt has served as vice president and chief information security officer and chief security strategist for eBay.

In May 2012, Howard Schmidt announced that he would be stepping down as the White House's CyberSecurity Coordinator at the end of the month, citing a desire to focus on family and pursue teaching in the cyber field.

Howard Schmidt was replaced by Michael Daniel, chief of the White House budget office's intelligence branch.

Howard Schmidt had an active career in private industry and professional organizations.

In 1997, Howard Schmidt joined Microsoft, as the director of information security, chief information security officer, and chief security officer.

Howard Schmidt was the co-founder of the Trustworthy Computing Security Strategies Group.

Howard Schmidt served on the executive committee of the Information Technology Sector Coordination Council.

Howard Schmidt's memberships include the High Technology Crime Investigation Association, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Howard Schmidt has testified before congressional committees on computer security and cyber crime and has featured on various worldwide television and radio shows including, BBC, ABC, CNN, CNBC, Fox TV talking about cyber-security, investigations and technology.

Howard Schmidt is a co-author of The Black Book on Corporate Security and author of Patrolling CyberSpace, Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Data Security.

Howard Schmidt was the first president of the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center.

Howard Schmidt is a former executive board member of the International Organization of Computer Evidence, and served as the co-chairman of the Federal Computer Investigations Committee.

Howard Schmidt served as a board member for the CyberCrime Advisory Board of the National White Collar Crime Center, and was a distinguished special lecturer at the University of New Haven, Conn.

Howard Schmidt has taught courses for the FBI and DEA on the use of computers and law enforcement investigations.

Howard Schmidt served as an augmented member to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology in the formation of an Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection.

Howard Schmidt has been appointed to the Information Security Privacy Advisory Board to advise the National Institute of Standards and Technology the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on information security and privacy issues pertaining to federal government information systems.

Howard Schmidt was on the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats International Advisory Board.