Brandon L. Theis

Biography

Brandon L. Theis serves as the Director, Security for the Texas A&M Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM). Mr. Theis manages and executes all cybersecurity and physical aspects to assure the protection of the Center’s program. Mr. Theis’ team consists of a network of security personnel and vendors who safeguard the enterprise’s assets, intellectual property, computer systems, and safety of employees and visitors.

Before joining CIADM, Mr. Theis was the Associate Research Specialist – Information Technology at Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies (TIPS) where he managed Computer System Validation for all enterprise systems in accordance with Unites States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and electronic records requirements.

Prior to serving at TIPS, Mr. Theis was the Lead Information Technology Policy & Security Programs Administrator and Web Accessibility Coordinator for the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) where he was responsible for organization wide policy creation for Software Development Life Cycle and Web Accessibility and in addition conducted and disseminated information from Agency Wide Security Monitoring Audits, Controlled Penetration, Web Application Vulnerability Scan, and Internet Security Scan testing.

Before joining TEES, Mr. Theis was the Chief Information Officer for the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) where his team was responsible for all Information Technology Operations with multiple locations throughout the State of Texas.

Prior to serving within the public sector, Mr. Theis was an Information Analyst for the Global Fortune 500 Information Technology Services Integrator Electronic Data Systems (EDS) an HP Company for 8 years where he served in multifaceted Information Technology roles supporting major automotive, insurance, sales, and human resource clients and industries. Mr. Theis holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University.