Sandy Jacolow

Sandy Jacolow leads the Tech-Ops cyber practice and brings 40 years of experience in security and technology, including protecting the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center. He advises boards, executives, and operations leaders on cyber leadership, AI governance, resilience, enterprise risk, and connected buildings, translating risk into clear priorities and action.

Jacolow served as senior vice president and chief technology officer at Empire State Realty Trust, a publicly traded REIT. There he oversaw technology innovation across financial control, leasing, property management, ESG, marketing, and property technology, and ran the company's IT and operational technology cybersecurity programs. Before ESRT, he was chief information officer at Meridian Capital Group, overseeing brokerage, investment sales, and retail leasing initiatives. Earlier, as chief information officer at Silverstein Properties, he led technology for property management, asset management, leasing, digital marketing, and construction and development, with similar responsibilities for the World Trade Center complex.

Jacolow is a team lead of the NYC InfraGard Real Estate Working Group, a member of the Real Estate Cyber Consortium (RECC) Executive Council, a board member of the Global Cyber Consortium, and a member of the Realcomm Advisory Board. He previously served on the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) Technology Steering Committee, where he chaired the Cyber Security Committee and co-founded the annual PropTech Challenge and was a founding board member of OSCRE International.

He writes "The Cyber Counsel with Sandy Jacolow," a column in Today's General Counsel that translates cyber risk into actionable guidance for boards and general counsel and is a regular author for United States Cybersecurity Magazine.