Jeff Schmidt is executive global head of business continuity, security & governance at BT Global Services. Previously, he managed the security side of BT’s business in the Western United States, where he had full profit-and-loss responsibility for the sales and delivery of networks, managed security services, consulting services and security software. He has more than 25 years of experience in leadership positions in the information technology business, including positions with Home Savings of America (now a part of JPMorgan Chase), Lucent, the California State Automobile Association (AAA), Paramount Pictures, and InCode Telecom Group (which has since become part of Ericsson). He joined BT when it acquired INS in 2007.