Brett Tucker

Brett Tucker is the technical manager of Cyber Risk Management in the Computer Emergency Response Team Program at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute. He is responsible for a research and development portfolio focused on improving the security and resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure and assets. He teaches executive- and graduate-level courses and serves as the technical sponsor for the Executive Chief Risk Officer training program. He has 20 years of experience in engineering, risk management, and technical management.
Mr. Tucker was previously the global risk manager for Westinghouse Electric Company, where he managed the corporate enterprise risk portfolio, global insurance programs, and a project controls organization, as well as led the engineering, procurement, and installation of instrumentation and control suites for AP1000 nuclear power plants. He has served as an intelligence officer at the Central Intelligence Agency and a defense contractor for the Naval Sea Systems Command. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served as a surface warfare officer and qualified naval nuclear engineer.
Mr. Tucker holds a B.S. chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame, a master’s degree in Engineering Management from Old Dominion University, and an MBA from Penn State University. He has been appointed as an advisor for Indiana Governor Holcomb’s Executive Council for Cybersecurity.