Hassane Oumsalem

Hassane Oumsalem serves as the Sr Director of Cybersecurity and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Université de Montréal since August 2018. Prior experience includes roles at Hitachi Systems Security from July 2009 to August 2018, where responsibilities spanned director positions in Cyber Security Operations and Information Security Services across multiple countries, as well as serving as a Senior Cyber Security Advisor. Hassane's earlier career includes positions at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Hachette in France, and CERIST, along with academic roles as a lecturer in Computer Science. Educational credentials encompass a Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering from Polytechnique Montréal, a Master of Science in Computer Science from UVSQ, and an Engineering degree in Computer Engineering from Ecole nationale Superieure d'Informatique (ESI).