Eric Smith

About Eric Smith

Eric is a highly innovative, versatile, and dynamic executive leader with over 25 years of experience in Cybersecurity, Technology Risk Management, and Third Party Risk Management in the Financial Services Industry. In September 2025, Eric was named the Chief Technology Risk Officer for Early Warning | Zelle | Paze and is based in New York City. Eric was previously the U.S. Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank (AMCB) and TD Securities (TDS). Prior to joining TD, Eric was the Supplier Assurance Services Executive at JPMorgan Chase & Co, where his organization was responsible for the assessment, continuous monitoring, and third party risk management activities for a highly complex supply chain with teams positioned across the globe. Eric also served as the Head of Cybersecurity for Chase Consumer and Community Banking (CCB), the North America Consumer Bank Group Information Security Officer (GISO) at Citi, and held progressive cybersecurity leadership roles at Bank of America. Eric is active in the community through board service, and currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board for the Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council (DCRAC). He also serves as the Financial Services representative on the Delaware Cybersecurity Advisory Council, appointed by Governor John Carney in 2018.

Experience

1. Chief Technology Risk Officer

   Early Warning

   Sep 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• University of Delaware

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Information Technology

  2007 — 2011

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  B.S., Computer Science

  1994 — 1999