As president and Chief Executive Officer of Certified Tech Trainers, d.b.a.Certified Information Security, Allen Keele, has held over 25 professional and technical accreditations. Mr. Keele has over 17 years of experience in information security and risk management, including seven years of conducting professional advanced IT lectures and seminars across the United States, the United Kingdom, Asia, and the Caribbean. His lectures have attracted students from leading organizations including the United States Marine Corp, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Lloyds, Thomson Financial, Microsoft Corporation, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Boston University, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Fujitsu, and many others.

Mr. Keele has spoken many times on behalf of the Institute for Internal Auditors (IIA) and for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Mr. Keele was also a featured speaker for ISACA at its North American conference, CACS.

Considered an expert in several diverse technologies, Mr. Keele currently has held over 25 professional and technical accreditations including:

• Certified Fraud Control Manager (CFCM) by CIS
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Certified Information Security Manager and Systems Auditor (CISM/CISA) by ISACA
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) by (ISC)²
• CompTIA Security+
• Security Certified Network Professional (SCNP) by Security Certified Program
• Check Point Certified Security Expert Plus and Instructor (CCSE+/CCSI)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional, Network Associate, and Design Associate (CCNP/CCNA/CCDA)
• Nokia Certified Security Administrator and VPN Gateway Administrator (NSA/NVGA)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
• Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator and Instructor (CCEA/CCI)
• IBM Professional Server Expert (PSE)

Mr. Keele is also a published author with five texts currently available. His latest title, Exam Cram 2: CISA, was released in April 2005. Allen also occasionally authors articles for well-respected on-line journals such as Tech Republic. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in risk management from the University of Georgia, has attended Universität Mannheim, and is conversationally fluent in German.