Indira R. Guzman

Dr. Indira Guzman is an Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity in Computer Information Systems at Cal Poly Pomona. She is the director of the Mitchell C. Hill Center for Digital Innovation at Cal Poly Pomona. She is the founding faculty advisor of the university’s Women in Tech (WIT) student organization. She was elected the 2022-25 president of the Latin American Chapter of the Association of Information Systems, and 2021-25 Vice-Chair of the ACM SIGMIS. Scholar-Fellow of the Fulbright-LASPAU (Latin American Scholarship Program of American Universities) Program.

She has over 18 years of teaching and administrative experience in academia. Prior to her career in academia, Guzman was the chief of the information technology department and network administrator for Banco de la Nación Argentina (Bank of the Argentinian Nation) and information systems analyst for the European Economic Community-sponsored OFINAAL Office in La Paz, Bolivia, where she developed a computerized system organizing food donation programs.

She is a research consultant for ELLAS (Equality in Leadership for Latin American STEM), a project funded by the International Development Research Centre, a Canadian federal Crown corporation. Co-Principal Investigator for the project, “Enhancing Cybersecurity Education through Real-World Security Operations Training”. NSF 24-551 Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Enriching Learning, Programs, and Student Experiences Program. Award 2434925. $200,000, 2024-2026.