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Career path · 67 profiles

Consulting and audit

Spent time in consulting, audit or a professional-services firm. A profile carries this tag only when a sourced fact in it supports the tag.

Related analysis: Vendor-side and repeat CISO paths tie at 14 of 27 profiled in September 2026

Career lines for Aaron Momin: repeat ciso, consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the Synechron seat, appointed 27 May 2024

Aaron Momin

Chief Information Security Officer

Synechron

Career lines for Adam Dimopoulos: came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Entrust seat, appointed 13 May 2026

Adam Dimopoulos

Chief Information Security Officer

Entrust

Career lines for Alfredo Hickman: repeat ciso, military service, government and agencies, consulting and audit, engineer or practitioner, vendor side merging into the Kai seat, appointed 19 March 2026

Alfredo Hickman

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Kai

Career lines for Alicia Lynch: military service, repeat ciso, government and agencies, consulting and audit merging into the TD SYNNEX seat, appointed August 2024

Alicia Lynch

Global Chief Information Security Officer

TD SYNNEX

Career lines for Amanda Fennell: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit, came up in finance merging into the Prove Identity seat, appointed 26 January 2023

Amanda Fennell

Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer

Prove Identity

Career lines for Amy Howland: repeat ciso, consulting and audit merging into the Guidehouse seat, appointed 1 October 2024

Amy Howland

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Guidehouse

Career lines for Andrew Smeaton: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Jamf seat, appointed 26 September 2024

Andrew Smeaton

Chief Information Security Officer

Jamf

Career lines for Bill O'Connell: consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the Commvault seat, appointed 31 March 2025

Bill O'Connell

Chief Security Officer (CSO)

Commvault

Career lines for Brian Blakley: vendor side, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Bellini Capital and ConnectSecure seat, appointed December 2025

Brian Blakley

Chief Information Security Officer

Bellini Capital and ConnectSecure

Career lines for Bryan Thompson: repeat ciso, consulting and audit, government and agencies, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Luma Financial Technologies seat

Bryan Thompson

Chief Information Security Officer

Luma Financial Technologies

Career lines for Celeste Lowe: repeat ciso, consulting and audit merging into the The Lottery Corporation seat, appointed 15 August 2024

Celeste Lowe

Chief Information Security Officer

The Lottery Corporation

Career lines for Chad Holmes: vendor side, consulting and audit, government and agencies merging into the Texas Office of the Attorney General seat, appointed June 2026

Chad Holmes

Chief Information Security Officer

Texas Office of the Attorney General

Career lines for Chris Bates: repeat ciso, promoted from within, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Cyberhaven seat, appointed 23 January 2025

Chris Bates

Chief Security Officer

Cyberhaven

Career lines for Christie Terrill: promoted from within, consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the Bishop Fox seat, appointed 19 September 2023

Christie Terrill

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Bishop Fox

Career lines for Christopher Carter: consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the V2X seat, appointed September 2024

Christopher Carter

Chief Information Security Officer

V2X

Career lines for Clay Carter: repeat ciso, vendor side, engineer or practitioner, consulting and audit, came up in finance merging into the Ncontracts seat, appointed 19 August 2025

Clay Carter

Chief Information Security Officer

Ncontracts

Career lines for Danny Rittman: promoted from within, engineer or practitioner, consulting and audit merging into the Avant Technologies, Inc. seat, appointed 14 March 2024

Danny Rittman

Chief Information Officer

Avant Technologies, Inc.

Career lines for David Schwed: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the SovereignAI seat

David Schwed

Chief Operating Officer

SovereignAI

Career lines for Devon Bryan: military service, government and agencies, deputy to ciso, repeat ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Booking Holdings seat, appointed January 2025

Devon Bryan

Global Chief Security Officer

Booking Holdings

Career lines for Diana Kelley: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Noma Security seat, appointed 4 August 2025

Diana Kelley

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Noma Security

Career lines for Donna Kidwell: promoted from within, consulting and audit merging into the University of Toronto seat, appointed 1 May 2025

Donna Kidwell

Chief Information Officer

University of Toronto

Career lines for Douglas Merrill: promoted from within, repeat ciso, consulting and audit, engineer or practitioner, came up in finance merging into the Equinix seat, appointed 6 November 2025

Douglas Merrill

Chief Information Security Officer

Equinix

Career lines for Ed Moyle: repeat ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Future in Tech seat, appointed December 2025

Ed Moyle

Chief Information Security Officer (Advisory)

Future in Tech

Career lines for George Totev: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Clio seat

George Totev

Vice President, Security and Chief Information Security Officer

Clio

Career lines for Heather Gantt-Evans: military service, consulting and audit, vendor side, repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the Marqeta seat, appointed 29 August 2023

Heather Gantt-Evans

Chief Information Security Officer

Marqeta

Career lines for Ian Thornton-Trump: military service, government and agencies, repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Inversion6 seat, appointed 19 November 2024

Ian Thornton-Trump

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Inversion6

Career lines for Jadee Hanson: repeat ciso, consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the Vanta seat, appointed 10 January 2024

Jadee Hanson

Chief Information Security Officer

Vanta

Career lines for James Wilkinson: military service, came up in finance, government and agencies, consulting and audit merging into the City of Dallas seat, appointed 17 August 2026

James Wilkinson

Chief Information Security Officer

City of Dallas

Career lines for James Wilkinson: military service, government and agencies, consulting and audit, came up in finance merging into the City of Dallas seat, appointed August 2026

James Wilkinson

Chief Information Security Officer

City of Dallas

Career lines for Jason Cradit: consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the EverLine seat, appointed 9 July 2026

Jason Cradit

Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer

EverLine

Career lines for Jason Lord: military service, government and agencies, vendor side, came up in finance, consulting and audit, repeat ciso merging into the AutoRABIT seat, appointed 17 September 2024

Jason Lord

Chief Information Security Officer

AutoRABIT

Career lines for Jason Scott: military service, government and agencies, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Sectigo seat, appointed April 2024

Jason Scott

Chief Information Security Officer

Sectigo

Career lines for Jeremy Koppen: consulting and audit, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Equifax seat, appointed May 2025

Jeremy Koppen

Chief Information Security Officer

Equifax

Career lines for Jim Higgins: repeat ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit, government and agencies merging into the CoreWeave seat, appointed 27 February 2025

Jim Higgins

Chief Information Security Officer

CoreWeave

Career lines for Joel Fulton: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit, came up in finance, deputy to ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the Veritas Capital seat, appointed 14 September 2026

Joel Fulton

Chief Information Security Officer

Veritas Capital

Career lines for John Godfrey: repeat ciso, consulting and audit, engineer or practitioner, government and agencies merging into the State of Kansas, Kansas Information Security Office (KISO) seat, appointed 2 February 2024

John Godfrey

Chief Information Security Officer

State of Kansas, Kansas Information Security Office (KISO)

Career lines for Jordan Avnaim: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Allied Universal seat, appointed 19 August 2026

Jordan Avnaim

Global Chief Information Security Officer

Allied Universal

Career lines for Jorge Perez: repeat ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Ameris Bank seat, appointed August 2024

Jorge Perez

Corporate Information Security Officer (CISO)

Ameris Bank

Career lines for Josh Lemos: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the GitLab Inc. seat, appointed 13 June 2023

Josh Lemos

Chief Information Security Officer

GitLab Inc.

Career lines for Kara Schlageter: deputy to ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Discovery Education seat, appointed March 2026

Kara Schlageter

Chief Information Security Officer

Discovery Education

Career lines for Katie Arrington: government and agencies, repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Department of Defense seat, appointed 3 March 2025

Katie Arrington

Performing the Duties of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer

Department of Defense

Career lines for Kawin Boonyapredee: vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the KnowBe4 seat, appointed March 2026

Kawin Boonyapredee

CISO Advisor for Asia Pacific and Japan

KnowBe4

Career lines for Ken Ricketts: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Teradata seat, appointed 21 January 2026

Ken Ricketts

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

Teradata

Career lines for Kim Keever: repeat ciso, consulting and audit, came up in finance, government and agencies merging into the Lumen Technologies seat, appointed September 2026

Kim Keever

Chief Security Officer

Lumen Technologies

Career lines for Laks Prabhala: repeat ciso, government and agencies, consulting and audit merging into the U.S. Department of Transportation seat

Laks Prabhala

Chief Information Security Officer

U.S. Department of Transportation

Career lines for Lea Kissner: repeat ciso, vendor side, engineer or practitioner, consulting and audit merging into the LinkedIn seat, appointed August 2024

Lea Kissner

Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President

LinkedIn

Career lines for Lucas Moody: repeat ciso, consulting and audit, engineer or practitioner, vendor side merging into the Astera Labs seat

Lucas Moody

Chief Information Security Officer

Astera Labs

Career lines for Matt Biber: promoted from within, consulting and audit merging into the Qantas seat, appointed 11 March 2024

Matt Biber

Group Chief Information Security Officer

Qantas

Career lines for Merritt Baer: vendor side, government and agencies, consulting and audit merging into the Reco seat, appointed 17 June 2024

Merritt Baer

Chief Information Security Officer

Reco

Career lines for Mike Rosen: vendor side, repeat ciso, consulting and audit merging into the iVerify seat, appointed 4 March 2025

Mike Rosen

Chief Information Security Officer

iVerify

Career lines for Phillip Miller: repeat ciso, consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the H&R Block seat, appointed 31 March 2025

Phillip Miller

Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

H&R Block

Career lines for Renana Friedlich: military service, consulting and audit, came up in finance, deputy to ciso merging into the LPL Financial seat, appointed 2 December 2024

Renana Friedlich

Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

LPL Financial

Career lines for Roger Hale: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the 1Kosmos seat, appointed 23 June 2026

Roger Hale

Chief Information Security Officer

1Kosmos

Career lines for Russ Gritzo: promoted from within, consulting and audit, government and agencies merging into the SMSI seat

Russ Gritzo

Chief Information Security Officer

SMSI

Career lines for Sandro Bucchianeri: repeat ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the ANZ seat, appointed 26 August 2026

Sandro Bucchianeri

Chief Information Security Officer

ANZ

Career lines for Scott Metro: promoted from within, consulting and audit, came up in finance, engineer or practitioner merging into the Hazeltree seat

Scott Metro

Chief Technology Officer

Hazeltree

Career lines for Sean Malone: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the BeyondTrust seat, appointed 28 April 2025

Sean Malone

Chief Information Security Officer

BeyondTrust

Career lines for Sebastian Goodwin: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Autodesk seat, appointed 27 March 2023

Sebastian Goodwin

Chief Trust Officer

Autodesk

Career lines for Shefali Mookencherry: repeat ciso, consulting and audit merging into the University of Illinois Chicago seat, appointed 23 January 2023

Shefali Mookencherry

Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer

University of Illinois Chicago

Career lines for Stan Black: repeat ciso, consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the D-Wave Quantum Inc. seat, appointed 2 September 2025

Stan Black

chief information security officer (CISO)

D-Wave Quantum Inc.

Career lines for Susan Chiang: repeat ciso, deputy to ciso, consulting and audit, vendor side merging into the Headway seat, appointed August 2024

Susan Chiang

Chief Information Security Officer

Headway

Career lines for Suyesh Karki: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Aledade PBC seat, appointed 26 October 2026

Suyesh Karki

Chief Information Security Officer

Aledade PBC

Career lines for Talha Tariq: promoted from within, repeat ciso, consulting and audit, engineer or practitioner, vendor side merging into the HashiCorp seat, appointed 8 January 2024

Talha Tariq

Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer

HashiCorp

Career lines for Todd Dekkinga: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Sycomp seat, appointed 4 August 2026

Todd Dekkinga

Chief Information Security Officer

Sycomp

Career lines for Trey Ford: promoted from within, deputy to ciso, repeat ciso, consulting and audit, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Bugcrowd seat

Trey Ford

Chief Strategy and Trust Officer

Bugcrowd

Career lines for Vikas Bangia: promoted from within, consulting and audit merging into the Bessemer Trust seat

Vikas Bangia

Chief Information Security Officer

Bessemer Trust

Career lines for Yonesy Núñez: repeat ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit, promoted from within, vendor side merging into the Cytactic seat, appointed 27 January 2026

Yonesy Núñez

Advisory Board Member

Cytactic