MEET YOUR EXPERT
LISA O’CONNOR, BRC ADVISOR
CEO Decoded Futures
Lisa O’Connor is a visionary leader with more than 37 years of experience in cybersecurity and risk management. She works with business leaders to create innovation value, navigating the opportunities and risks of emerging technology. As CEO of Decoded Futures and a trusted advisor to boards, executives, and CISOs, she specializes in translating complex technological change into practical business strategies.
TRUSTED EXPERT
- 37+ Years Cybersecurity & Technology Leadership
- CEO, Decoded Futures
- Board Advisor on AI, Cybersecurity & Innovation
- Former Accenture Global Security R&D Leader
- Former Chair, Accenture Cybersecurity Forum
- Former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Fannie Mae
- Former National Security Agency (NSA)
- White House Communications Agency Assignment
Most recently, Lisa served as Global Leader of Security Research and Development at Accenture, where she led global research programs on Securing Generative AI and ML, Quantum Security and Readiness, Intelligent Data Mesh, CyberBioSecurity, and other transformative technologies. During her 12 years at Accenture, she helped build the firm into the world’s largest cybersecurity services provider while advising global organizations on the future of security and technology risk.
Prior to Accenture, Lisa served as Chief Information Security Officer at Fannie Mae, led national security consulting practices for major firms, and spent nine years with the National Security Agency, including assignments supporting the White House Communications Agency and the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. Today, she continues to advise startups, academic institutions, and executive leaders on cybersecurity, AI, innovation, and the future of emerging technology risk.
TRUSTED EXPERT & SCHOLAR
BRC CONSULTING
Strategic Communications for Complex Times
Board Risk Consulting connects boards and executive teams with accomplished leaders who have spent their careers navigating complex business, technology, and enterprise risks. In an environment shaped by rapidly evolving cyber threats, AI, emerging technologies, and regulatory pressures, boards need experienced guidance to strengthen oversight and organizational resilience.
Through advisors like Lisa O’Connor, a board advisor and technology leader with more than 37 years of experience in cybersecurity, AI, and innovation, organizations gain practical insight into AI security, emerging technology risk, cybersecurity transformation, and quantum readiness—helping leaders understand complex technologies and their implications for enterprise risk and governance.
Through strategic consultations, board briefings, and executive advisory engagements, Board Risk Consulting helps organizations strengthen technology and risk governance, prepare for emerging threats, and make informed decisions as AI and other technologies rapidly reshape the business landscape.
