Christopher  L.  Stevens  is  the  President  and  Owner  of  Carpe  Diem  Strategic  Services  (CDSS).  CDSS  is  a  Service  Disabled  Veteran  Owned  Small  Business  offering  a  range  of  consulting  services  on  Privacy  and  Data  Protection  Program  Management  and  Strategy;  Privacy  and  Data  Protection  Risk  Assessments;  Privacy  and  Data  Protection  Training  and  Awareness;  and  Analysis  of  Corporate  Privacy  Program  Practices.        In  addition  to  their  consulting  services,  CDSS  also  offers  comprehensive  line  of  on-­‐site  and  web-­‐based  training  courses  covering  a  range  of  issues  including  Cyber  Awareness  for  the  Business  Traveler,  Social  Engineering,  Data  Breach  Incident  Response  Team  Training,  and  Healthcare  Compliance.    Chris  is  a  retired  US  Army  strategic  intelligence  professional  that  served  in  the  United  States  Army’s  conventional  and  special  operations  communities  for  over  20  years.  Since  his  retirement  from  the  United  States  Army,  Chris  has  worked  for  the  Transportation  Security  Administration,  the  Federal  Air  Marshal  Service,  the  Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation,  the  Department  of  Homeland  Security’s  Office  of  Intelligence  and  Analysis,  the  National  Security  Agency,  and  the  Office  of  the  Director  of  National  Intelligence.    Chris  also  has  over  12  years  of  experience  working  within  the  US  Intelligence  Community  as  a  Senior  Intelligence  Officer  and  a  Senior  Intelligence  Executive.  These  experiences  have  given  him  unique  insights  into  the  significance  of  protecting  national  security  information  from  unauthorized  data  leakage  and  data  loss.    More  importantly,  they  have  highlighted  the  risks  posed  to  individual  safety  and  the  Nation  when  national  security  classified  information  is  divulged  to  cyber  adversaries,  nation-­‐states,  transnational  extremist  entities,  or  other  nefarious  actors.        Chris  is  a  Senior  National  Intelligence  Service  Senior  Executive  and  a  certified  Senior  Intelligence  Community  Officer.  He  is  a  Center  of  Excellence  in  Government  DHS  Senior  Fellow.  He  has  completed  several  baccalaureate  and  graduate-­‐level  degrees,  which  include  an  M.S.  in  Strategic  Intelligence  from  the  Defense  Intelligence  Agency's  Joint  Military  Intelligence  College;  an  M.S.  in  Information  Resource  Management  from  Central  Michigan  University;  and  an  M.S.  in  Transportation  Security  Administration  from  

American  Military  University.  He  has  completed  graduate  certificates  in  strategic  leadership,  terrorism  studies,  and  other  related  fields.    Chris  possesses  the  certifications  from  the  International  Association  of  Privacy  Professionals  (IAPP),  the  gold  standard  for  information  privacy  professionals:    Certified  Information  Privacy  Professional  (CIPP)-­‐Canada,  CIPP-­‐Europe,  CIPP-­‐US  Government,  CIPP-­‐US  Private  Sector,  Certified  Information  Privacy  Manager,  and  Certified  Information  Privacy  Technologist.        He  has  also  completed  the  following  several  Executive  Intellectual  Property,  LLC  “Business  and  Technical  Professional”  certifications:  Intellectual  Property  Fundamentals,  Trade  Secret  Fundamentals,  Trademark  and  Copyright  Fundamentals,  Patent  Fundamentals,  and  Intellectual  Property  and  Social  Media  Risks  and  Fundamentals.  He  is  also  possesses  the  Carnegie  Mellon  University  “Capability  Maturity  Model  Institute’s”  Capability  Maturity  Model  Integration  Associate.”        Chris  is  nearing  completion  of  the  American  Health  Information  Management  Association’s  “Certification  in  Health  Information  Privacy  and  Security”  and  the  (ISC)2  “Healthcare  Information  Security  and  Privacy  Practitioner”  certification.      Chris  has  taught  data  protection,  national  security,  and  strategic  intelligence-­‐related  courses  at  the  baccalaureate  and  graduate  levels.    He  was  also  an  assistant  professor  at  American  Military  University,  the  University  of  Maryland-­‐University  College,  and  Hagerstown  Community  College.      He  currently  lives  in  Laurel,  Maryland,  with  his  two  rambunctious  Scottish  terriers  Magnus  and  Thor.