Shurouq Hijazi
About Shurouq Hijazi
Shurouq Hijazi is a Director at KeyData Associates, where she has worked since 2023. She has extensive experience in cybersecurity, having held various roles at Deloitte, EY, and the University of Rochester, and has a strong educational background in engineering and business.
Current Role at KeyData Associates
Shurouq Hijazi currently serves as Director at KeyData Associates, a position she has held since 2023. Prior to this role, she worked as a Senior Manager at the same organization, starting in 2021. Her experience at KeyData Associates encompasses leadership in various cybersecurity initiatives and management of key projects.
Previous Experience in Cybersecurity
Shurouq Hijazi has extensive experience in cybersecurity, having worked at Deloitte as a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant from 2019 to 2020. She also held the position of Senior Cyber Security Consultant at EY from 2017 to 2019. Her roles involved advising clients on cybersecurity strategies and implementing security measures to protect sensitive information.
Educational Background
Shurouq Hijazi has a solid educational foundation in engineering and cybersecurity. She earned a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in Business from the University of Rochester, where she studied from 2012 to 2016. Additionally, she completed a Leadership certificate in Project Management and Business Relations at Harvard Business School Online in 2018. More recently, she studied Cybersecurity at Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, where she achieved the Emerging Leaders in Cybersecurity (ELCI) certification in 2023.
Internship and Early Career Experience
Shurouq Hijazi began her career with various internships that provided her with foundational skills in technology and cybersecurity. She interned at PST Business Services in 2011 as a Web Development Intern and later at EY as a Technology Advisory Intern in 2015. She also gained research experience as a Machine Learning Research Assistant at the University of Rochester from 2015 to 2016.
Research and Teaching Roles
In addition to her cybersecurity roles, Shurouq Hijazi has academic experience. She served as a Teaching Assistant for Circuits and Signals in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Rochester in 2014. She also worked as a Xerox Research Fellow at the University of Rochester for seven months in 2014, contributing to research initiatives in her field.