Jim Cameli

Jim Cameli is the Corporate Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA). He has been a cyber security thought leader in the retail industry for over 25 years, and an employee of WBA for 36 years.

Jim was personally responsible for the first firewall deployed at WBA and remains the driving force behind the continued maturity and investments being made within Information Security today. Jim was the originator of the phrase “Think before you Click” that is utilized within the WBA Phishing awareness campaigns.

Jim was a founding member and the first Board President for the Retail and Hospitality Intelligence Sharing and Analysis Center (RH-ISAC) and continues to be an active board member. He is also a Co-Chair and Governing Body Member for the Chicago CISO Executive Summit and is both CISSP and CRISC certified.