Dr. William Pelgrin was the President and Chief Executive Officer of CIS from 2010 until his retirement in 2015.  Will Pelgrinis also currently the CEO and Co-Founder of CyberWA, Inc., an exclusive cybersecurity service that helps protect corporate executives, celebrities, politicians, and other high-value individuals from successful cyber-attacks.

He is the Founder and served as the Chair of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) from 2003-2015. Pelgrin established the MS-ISAC after recognizing the need for collaboration across states to better prevent, detect, respond to and recover from cyber incidents. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recognizes theMS-ISAC for its proactive role in coordinating state and local government cyber readiness and response. The MS-ISAC transitioned to CIS in 2010. Pelgrin serves as Co-chair of New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Cyber Security Advisory Board.