Lucia Milică Stacy serves as Global Chief Information Security Officer at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc, a Fortune 500 American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware. She is a senior technology leader with extensive technical and business experience. In her previous role, Lucia was the VP, Global Resident CISO at Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity company. Additionally, she served as VP, Chief Information Security Officer & Chief Privacy Officer for Polycom, where she managed all aspects of data privacy and information security. She has also held leadership and technical roles in IT governance & strategy, security risk and compliance, corporate and product security, data privacy, and IT infrastructure at other companies, including HP, Palm, Wells Fargo, and Franklin Templeton. She has also extended her contributions to her profession by serving as an advisory board member and active participant with the cybersecurity industry and relevant industry groups, including policy council and board membership on the National Technology Security Coalition, and service with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 405(d) Cybersecurity Task Group, SC Media Advisory Board, and Forbes Technology Council. Lucia has been featured in Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal and is the recipient of the 2023 Cybersecurity Women of the Year Award, 2024 Top Global CISOs by Cyber Defense Magazine, Cyber25 Women of Impact by Team8 and NYSE to name a few. She has a Master of Science in Information and Cybersecurity degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Lucia also holds Master in Business Administration and Juris Doctorate degrees.