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Christopher Smith, CISM, CCSK

Evaluator · DISC type Cds
Board Member at Waypoint Adventure
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Christopher is the Associate Director of Information Security at Foundation Medicine, where he leads governance, risk, and compliance. Holding CISM and CCSK certifications, he is an expert in standards like ISO27001 and SOC2 and is passionate about automating risk management. He studied Computer Science at Northeastern University.

As an adventurer and inspirational speaker, Christopher draws confidence from challenging his own assumptions through activities like biking and kayaking. He serves as a board member for Waypoint Adventure and New England Youth Cycling, dedicating his time to making adventure and sports accessible to others.

He shares his personal journey of resilience and overcoming vision loss as a keynote speaker in a talk titled "Blind Courage. "

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Board Member
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Boston, United States
Personality Overview

How Christopher shows up

Hard To Convince
Thorough Evaluator
Quality Focused

They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical

Priorities

Topics Christopher cares about

Security Governance
He leads Governance, Risk, and Compliance at Foundation Medicine, with specific expertise in frameworks like ISO27001, SOC2, and HIPAA.
Automating Compliance
He has expressed pride in his team's work to push the envelope in automating risk, compliance, and auditing processes.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Board Member
Waypoint Adventure
10-2025
Board Member
New England Youth Cycling
7-2020
Associate Director, Information Security
Foundation Medicine
3-2017 - 6-2020
Manager, Technology Security & Compliance
Foundation Medicine
1-2016 - 3-2017
Lead, Devops Engineering
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In the press

Media appearances

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Education
9-1995 - 5-1999
Computer Science
Northeastern University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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