Jerry Archer

SVP and Chief Security Officer for Sallie Mae

Jerry Archer is an SVP and Chief Security Officer for Sallie Mae. Archer’s responsibilities include securing and protecting all of Sallie Mae’s systems and offerings, and for security initiatives across the company. Prior to Sallie Mae, Archer was the CISO at Intuit and prior to joining Intuit, Archer was managing director at Global Competitive Strategies. Previously, Archer was SVP for Global Interoperability at Visa International and before Visa, at the Fidelity Brokerage; he was SVP of information security and technical risk. For his work in the U.S. Intelligence Community Archer earned the National Performance Review Hammer Award, a Distinguished Service Award from the CIA and a Meritorious Unit Citation from the National Security Agency.