Greg Thayer is an accomplished, hands-on information technology and security leader with over 25 years of expertise.  He is currently the CISO for Comm-Works, based out of Minneapolis, MN.  Greg has extensive experience in multiple information security domains.  His unique skillset of knowledge, education, and management skills along with his depth of technical expertise enables him to effectively manage all aspects of IT and Security functions.

In his role as CISO, he has overall responsibility for the company’s Information Security Program as well as the development of policies and procedures, governance, risk management, vulnerability management, incident response, organizational assessments, security training, vendor risk management, and the continuous maturity of the company’s security program.  

Prior to his current role of CISO, Greg served 16 years in various levels of IT leadership with the most recent title of CTO.  In that role, he was responsible for service desk, infrastructure, software development, business applications, telecommunications, security, and disaster recovery.

Greg has numerous industry certifications including CISM, ITIL, CSM.  He is also a member of the following organizations:  InfraGard, ISACA, ISSA, and SIM-MN.