Ronald Smalley leads the Global Cybersecurity Operations and Investigations team for First Data, a Fortune 300 financial services company that provides secure and innovative payment technology and services to more than six million merchants and 4,000 financial institutions globally. The Cybersecurity Operations and Investigations team is responsible for all cyber incident response functions, as well as identifying and reducing First Data’s fraud and cyber-related risks.

Smalley joined First Data from the United States Secret Service where he began his career as a Special Agent in the New York Field Office. Following this assignment, he transferred to the Cyber Intelligence Section at Secret Service Headquarters, a unit focusing on identifying individuals involved with large-scale data breaches and other significant cyber related financial crimes. In this capacity, Smalley conducted criminal investigations and supported worldwide Secret Service criminal investigations, intelligence sharing, and undercover operations.

Prior to his Secret Service career, Smalley was a State Investigator with the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, assigned to the Computer Analysis and Technology Unit. He holds both a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and in Law and Justice.