About the Speaker
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    Julius "Jay" Gamble
    Former Region 4 Director, CISA; Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland Global Campus

    Jay Gamble is a Senior Consultant with Vibrint Corporation and a recognized cybersecurity leader with more than two decades of experience securing the nation’s critical infrastructure.

    Before joining Vibrint, Gamble served as Regional Director for the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), where he led federal efforts to strengthen cyber and physical resilience across eight southeastern states. His work brought together government and private-sector partners to reduce risk, improve incident response, and safeguard vital systems that power the nation’s economy and defense. Gamble’s career also includes senior technology leadership roles with the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the City of Baltimore, where he advanced initiatives in cybersecurity operations, IT modernization, and organizational resilience.

    A passionate advocate for developing future cyber leaders, Gamble has served as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Maryland Global Campus since 2016, teaching in the Master of Science in Cybersecurity Technology program. He holds a Master of Science in Information Systems from American University, a Master of Divinity from Howard University School of Divinity, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bowie State University.