Ron Lear | AIChE

Ron Lear

Vice President of Models and Frameworks
ISACA

As ISACA’s Vice President of Models and Frameworks, Ron brings over 35 years of experience with continual performance improvement, cybersecurity resilience, product development, engineering and service/operations management, supply chain management, quality and performance management.  In his role with ISACA, Ron oversees the content development of ISACA’s best practice frameworks, including CMMI, COBIT, CMMI Cybersecurity Platform, and th4e Digital Trust Ecosystem Framework (DTEF). Ron led the development and launch of the CMMI Product Suite, including being the Chief Architect for CMMI V2.0, MDDAP, and CMMC-related products.  Ron is a Certified CMMI High Maturity Lead Appraiser (CHMLA), Certified CMMI Instructor with over 300 appraisals completed to date with multiple small and large organizations, including aerospace engineering and manufacturing, automotive, defense, finance, biomedical and medical device, insurance, IT, telecommunications engineering, services, manufacturing, and training.  Prior to joining ISACA, Ron was the Corporate Quality Officer for Booz Allen Hamilton and CEO of two successful performance improvement organizations with consistent and sustained profitability and impact across the globe.