Allyson has over 20 years of technology experience in various roles and industries. She joined CME Group as a Senior Director in 2017. In addition to her current role, she also served as President of CME Group’s Women in Technology employee resource group from 2020-2023 and is a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Council. Prior to joining CME Group, she worked as Global Director of IT Audit for Cboe from 2014-2017, and progressed from Senior IT Auditor to Senior Manager, IT Compliance at Morgan Stanley/Discover Financial Services from 2004-2014.
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Allyson earned a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University and an MBA, with a concentration in information systems, from Roosevelt University. She currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the ISACA Chicago Chapter, a non-profit organization that supports local educational seminars and workshops and helps further promote and elevate the visibility of the IT audit, control, and security profession in the Chicago metro area. She is also an Executive Women’s Forum Champion for CME Group.
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She holds a Series 99 License as well as CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, CDPSE, CFE, ISO27001, ISO42001, Google Cloud Digital Leader, Google GenAI Leader, Google Cloud Security Engineer, and AWS Cloud Practitioner certifications. Awards: 2023 Women in Financial Markets Trailblazer Award recipient.