Marci McCarthy is currently the CEO and President of Tech Exec Networks, Inc. (T.E.N.), an award winning technology and information security executive networking and relationship-marketing firm. As founder of the organization, she is responsible for driving the strategic direction of this widely respected, privately held company, remaining deeply engaged with a vast network of IT and information security professionals and solution providers.

McCarthy has 20 years of extensive business management, networking and marketing experience, including founding T.E.N.’s flagship program, the Information Security Executive® of the Year (ISE®) Awards. Celebrating its ten year anniversary in 2012, the ISE® Awards Program series is lauded by the IT industry as the premier recognition and networking program for security professionals. It recognizes the need for security professionals to be recognized by their peers and exchange information about technology best practices. Under McCarthy’s direction, the series has grown to a nationally acclaimed regional and national program series in major cities including Atlanta, Dallas, New York, San Francisco, and Washington D.C.

Previously, McCarthy was the CEO and co-founder of Executive Alliance, an organization that hosts leadership-recognition forums to honor and recognize outstanding achievements of executives and their companies. Earlier in her career, she held management positions with Lancope, SecureWorks, Deloitte, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

McCarthy currently serves on TechBridge's Board of Directors and its executive fundraiser committee. A lifetime member of the WIT Honorary Council, president of Women in Technology (WIT) in 2001, and former Board member, McCarthy led the Woman of the Year in Technology Awards (WOTY) program for five years. Other non-profit boards that she has served on include the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and SciTrek's Advisory Board of Directors. She is also the past Chairman of the American Diabetes Association Father's Day Council and its acclaimed Father of the Year Awards program.

Nominated for the 2011 Leadership Character Awards sponsored by the Turknett Leadership Group, an honor given those who will contribute to others in powerful ways and help their organizations achieve bottom line results and long-lasting success, McCarthy has also has been recognized in "Who's Who in Georgia's Technology Community" by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, as a "Woman to Watch" by Atlanta’s BroadSheet and a WIT Woman of the Year in Technology (WOTY) nominee.

As a featured contributor to Women In Technology's (WIT) book, “CLIMB: Leading Women In Technology Share Their Journeys To Success,” McCarthy is profiled amongst 60 leaders influencing Atlanta's business, academic and technology landscapes. She is also a guest lecturer at George Washington University as well as a nationally sought-after speaker for panel discussions and executive roundtables on strategic technology and leadership topics.

A magna cum laude graduate of Babson College, McCarthy holds a B.S. in Marketing.