Ira Levy is an associate managing director in the Cyber Risk practice, based in Washington DC where he leads the global services lines for cyber due diligence and frameworks. He leverages more than 20 years of experience in both the public and private information technology sector, working within telecommunications, software development, managed service providers, government and nonprofits.
Prior to joining Kroll, Levy served as the executive director of the administrative modernization program at the University of Maryland. Before that, he held the title of chief operating officer at Affiniti, a national telecommunications and managed services company. Additionally, he served as CEO of Torrential Systems and chief information officer at Howard County Government in Maryland.
Levy’s notable achievements include leading the deployment of the One Maryland Inter-County Broadband Network (ICBN), which received a $115 million federal grant and was acknowledged by the White House for innovation and impact. Additionally, Levy designed and brought five technology products to market including a network security solution adopted by a multitude of healthcare facilities which was later acquired by a national managed services company.
- MBA from Johns Hopkins University
- MS in Information and Telecommunications from Johns Hopkins University
- MA in Education from University of Central Florida
- BA in Psychology from University of West Florida
- Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP)