Andrew M. Garlick

Andy Garlick is CEO and Principal of The Garlick Group, a consultancy serving small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits, specializing in Cyber Security, Cyber Compliance, Digital Transformation, and Business Operations. He is also a Partner in Cyber Compliant LLC.

Prior to forming his company, Andy was SVP, Business Systems, for WPP Group USA. He was responsible for the policy development and oversight of financial, HCM, and other business systems in NA for all the WPP Companies. Andy also served as the Group CIO for WPP's SpecComm Group and WPP's Digital Group. Andy had been involved in leading the transformation on several global initiatives including the consolidation and outsourcing of WPP's HR, Payroll & Benefit Systems. Before that, Andy was CIO of Young & Rubicam, Inc.

Andy was in the Advertising and Media industry for over 25 years, working for Campbell-Ewald in Detroit in the 80's, and joining Young & Rubicam in 1993 as IT Director for North America. Andy spent the first half of his career in Finance, including Treasurer of the University of Detroit and Controller of Campbell-Ewald Co, where he built and installed several financial systems.

Andy is also expert in the non-profit sector. In addition to the 10 years he spent as Treasurer at the University of Detroit, Andy has served on numerous boards and was instrumental in helping the United Way develop a strategic plan for the growth of technology in the nonprofit sector in 1996. For his work in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, he was recognized as an "Executive Hero" by Crain's Detroit Business. Andy has taught at Classics at Wayne State University, accounting at the Univ of MI, Mgmt at Columbia Univ, and is currently an Asst Professor at Felician Univ.

In New Jersey, Andy founded The Family Support Organization of Bergen County, which provides education, support, and advocacy to parents and caregivers of children with mental, emotional, and behavioral problems. Andy is recognized as a powerful advocate for the family voice in Children's Mental Health and has received many awards for his work.

In addition to an MBA, Andy has a BA in Philosophy and an MA in Classical Literature, is both a certified PMP and HRIP, and holds a Certificate in College Business Mgmt. from the Univ of KY, a Certificate in Fund Raising from the Center on Philanthropy at the Univ. of Indiana, and a Certificate in Forgiveness Therapy Training from the Forgive for Good Center affiliated with Stanford Univ.