Themis A. Papageorge

Associate Clinical Professor, Director - Cybersecurity & Information Assurance Employer Relations

  • Risk management
  • PhD in Risk Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NTUA School of Engineering — Greece

Themis Papageorge is an associate clinical professor and director of cybersecurity and information assurance employer relations at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. He earned his doctorate in risk management and master’s in naval architecture and marine engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Papageorge is responsible for developing co-op opportunities for program students, managing employer outreach on student performance and expectations, submitting grant proposals, developing collaborative IA/cybersecurity programs with industrial partners, and teaching IA and cybersecurity courses. From 2009-2017, Papageorge served for eight years as the director of the Master of Science in information assurance and cyber security program, responsible for overseeing the program curriculum and introducing the online version worldwide. The program is now offered both on-campus and online at Northeastern, available to an increased number of domestic and international students. He enjoys teaching information assurance and cybersecurity courses that prepare and enable students to pursue rewarding careers, with the goal of becoming chief information security officers. Papageorge teaches some of the best and brightest domestic and international students, with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and a strong interest in cybersecurity careers that benefit their lives and society at-large.

His 25 years of corporate experience in technology, planning and process, and system redesign included a decade of executive management positions with information assurance and cybersecurity companies. He was vice president of services at Guardium, a leader in real-time database security, auditing, and monitoring. Prior to that, he was vice president of services at Courion, a leader in identity access management, authentication, and security. Papageorge has also held management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation.

Papageorge grew up in Athens, Greece and Boston, Massachusetts.