Renita DiStefano

Renita DiStefano

Renita DiStefano

President & CEO | SECOND DERIVATIVE, LLC

Renita DiStefano is the founder, President and CEO of SECOND DERIVATIVE, LLC, a Native American, woman-owned business that provides a broad spectrum of technology services featuring strategic business/technology alignment, information security strategy, PMO & Portfolio Management capabilities.   Renita has performed as both a CIO and a CISO, building an information security program from the ground up. She creates business, technology and information security strategies for medium to large sized businesses.   One of the first Native American women to become a CIO and CISO, Renita is regarded as a pioneer in her field and one of just a handful of IBM iSeries information security specialists.