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Career path · 82 profiles

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Worked in government, intelligence or a public agency. A profile carries this tag only when a sourced fact in it supports the tag.

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Career lines for Alexis Wales: promoted from within, government and agencies merging into the GitHub seat, appointed September 2024

Alexis Wales

Chief Information Security Officer

GitHub

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 Amit Spitzer: government and agencies, vendor side, repeat ciso, promoted from within merging into the Glilot Capital Partners seat, appointed August 2025

Amit Spitzer

CTO and CISO

Glilot Capital Partners

Career lines for Andrea Simpson: military service, government and agencies, repeat ciso merging into the Howard University seat, appointed March 2023

Andrea Simpson

Chief Information Security Officer

Howard University

Career lines for Ann Barron-DiCamillo: government and agencies, came up in finance merging into the U.S. Bank seat

Ann Barron-DiCamillo

Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer

U.S. Bank

Career lines for Brendan Goode: government and agencies, came up in finance, repeat ciso merging into the Citizens Financial Group, Inc. seat, appointed 29 April 2024

Brendan Goode

Chief Security Officer

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Career lines for Brian Fricke: military service, repeat ciso, came up in finance, government and agencies merging into the AutoNation seat, appointed April 2026

Brian Fricke

Chief Information Security Officer

AutoNation

Career lines for Brian Harrell: military service, government and agencies, repeat ciso merging into the FirstEnergy seat, appointed 9 April 2026

Brian Harrell

Vice President and Chief Security Officer

FirstEnergy

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 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 Castaldo: military service, government and agencies, repeat ciso merging into the Flock Safety seat, appointed 8 December 2025

Chris Castaldo

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Flock Safety

Career lines for Chris Jones: deputy to ciso, government and agencies, vendor side merging into the Axonius seat, appointed 1 September 2026

Chris Jones

Chief Trust & Security Officer

Axonius

Career lines for CJ Moses: military service, government and agencies, engineer or practitioner, promoted from within merging into the Amazon seat

CJ Moses

Chief Information Security Officer and VP of Security Engineering

Amazon

Career lines for Craig Davies: repeat ciso, vendor side, government and agencies merging into the Gathid seat

Craig Davies

Chief Information Security Officer

Gathid

Career lines for Dane Stuckey: repeat ciso, government and agencies, engineer or practitioner merging into the OpenAI seat, appointed October 2024

Dane Stuckey

Co-Chief Information Security Officer

OpenAI

Career lines for Daniel Langley: military service, government and agencies, deputy to ciso, repeat ciso merging into the State of Oklahoma seat, appointed October 2025

Daniel Langley

Chief Information Security Officer

State of Oklahoma

Career lines for David Dunn: promoted from within, government and agencies, vendor side merging into the Kroll seat, appointed 6 March 2023

David Dunn

Chief Information Security Officer

Kroll

Career lines for David Nolan: repeat ciso, government and agencies, engineer or practitioner, came up in finance merging into the Trimont seat, appointed 15 June 2026

David Nolan

Chief Security Officer

Trimont

Career lines for David Shaw: repeat ciso, government and agencies merging into the Transact Campus seat, appointed 9 May 2023

David Shaw

Chief Information Security Officer

Transact Campus

Career lines for Dean Macris: military service, government and agencies, vendor side, engineer or practitioner merging into the Dispel seat, appointed 16 May 2024

Dean Macris

Chief Information Security Officer

Dispel

Career lines for Dennis Leber: military service, government and agencies, repeat ciso merging into the Erlanger Health System seat, appointed February 2026

Dennis Leber

Chief Information Security Officer

Erlanger Health System

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 Lovati: military service, repeat ciso, government and agencies merging into the True Anomaly seat, appointed 9 November 2023

Diana Lovati

Chief Information Security Officer

True Anomaly

Career lines for Dom Glavach: repeat ciso, vendor side, government and agencies merging into the Black Duck seat, appointed 9 April 2026

Dom Glavach

Chief Information Security Officer

Black Duck

Career lines for Dror Hevlin: military service, government and agencies, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the Cynomi seat, appointed 7 January 2025

Dror Hevlin

Chief Information Security Officer

Cynomi

Career lines for Eric Hammersley: vendor side, government and agencies, engineer or practitioner merging into the IREN Limited seat, appointed 15 July 2026

Eric Hammersley

Chief Information Security Officer

IREN Limited

Career lines for Gary Perkins: government and agencies, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the CISO Global seat, appointed 23 August 2023

Gary Perkins

Chief Information Security Officer

CISO Global

Career lines for Gary Starling: promoted from within, military service, government and agencies merging into the IntelePeer seat, appointed 13 April 2023

Gary Starling

Chief Information Security Officer

IntelePeer

Career lines for Grant Yacomeni: military service, government and agencies, vendor side merging into the Gigamon seat, appointed 2 September 2026

Grant Yacomeni

Chief Information Security Officer

Gigamon

Career lines for Greg Akers: vendor side, government and agencies, engineer or practitioner merging into the Dispersive Stealth Networking seat, appointed 25 February 2025

Greg Akers

Advisor and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Dispersive Stealth Networking

Career lines for Gregory Thompson Jr.: promoted from within, government and agencies merging into the Vantage Data Centers seat, appointed 24 August 2023

Gregory Thompson Jr.

Chief Information Security Officer

Vantage Data Centers

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 Israel Barak: repeat ciso, government and agencies, vendor side merging into the 7AI seat, appointed 23 March 2026

Israel Barak

Chief Information Security Officer

7AI

Career lines for Jacob DePriest: government and agencies, vendor side, deputy to ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the 1Password seat, appointed 2 September 2024

Jacob DePriest

Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer

1Password

Career lines for James Scobey: government and agencies, vendor side, repeat ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the Keeper Security, Inc. seat, appointed October 2024

James Scobey

Chief Information Security Officer

Keeper Security, Inc.

Career lines for James Sipe: promoted from within, government and agencies, vendor side merging into the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania seat, appointed February 2026

James Sipe

Executive Deputy Chief Information Officer

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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 Jamie Rossato: repeat ciso, government and agencies merging into the Orica seat, appointed February 2026

Jamie Rossato

Chief Information Security Officer

Orica

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 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 John Denning: government and agencies, came up in finance merging into the FS-ISAC seat, appointed 1 January 2024

John Denning

Chief Information Security Officer

FS-ISAC

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 John Toney: government and agencies, repeat ciso merging into the State of Vermont seat, appointed 8 April 2024

John Toney

Chief Information Security Officer

State of Vermont

Career lines for John Visneski: repeat ciso, military service, government and agencies merging into the Green Impact Exchange seat, appointed 18 March 2026

John Visneski

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Green Impact Exchange

Career lines for Kathy Wang: repeat ciso, government and agencies merging into the micro1 seat, appointed March 2026

Kathy Wang

Chief Information Security Officer

micro1

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 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 Kim Larsen: government and agencies, vendor side merging into the Keepit seat, appointed 16 April 2024

Kim Larsen

Group Chief Information Security Officer

Keepit

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 Leonard Kleinman: vendor side, government and agencies merging into the Enablis seat, appointed 6 May 2024

Leonard Kleinman

Chief Information Security Officer

Enablis

Career lines for Leslie Kershaw: government and agencies, promoted from within merging into the IonQ seat, appointed 14 January 2026

Leslie Kershaw

Chief Information Security Officer

IonQ

Career lines for Marshall Erwin: government and agencies, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the Fastly, Inc. seat, appointed 31 July 2023

Marshall Erwin

Chief Information Security Officer

Fastly, Inc.

Career lines for Matthew McCormack: came up in finance, government and agencies, vendor side, repeat ciso merging into the Finastra seat, appointed November 2025

Matthew McCormack

Chief Information Security Officer

Finastra

Career lines for Melissa Knight: government and agencies, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the Tego Cyber seat, appointed 1 March 2023

Melissa Knight

Chief Information Security Officer

Tego Cyber

Career lines for Merlin Namuth: government and agencies, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the City and County of Denver seat, appointed 16 October 2024

Merlin Namuth

Chief Information Security Officer

City and County of Denver

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 Michael Adams: repeat ciso, vendor side, government and agencies, engineer or practitioner, deputy to ciso merging into the Docusign seat, appointed 29 April 2025

Michael Adams

Group Vice President (GVP) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Docusign

Career lines for Michael Knight: repeat ciso, government and agencies merging into the University of Manchester seat, appointed October 2025

Michael Knight

Chief Information Security Officer

University of Manchester

Career lines for Michael Sikorski: vendor side, engineer or practitioner, government and agencies merging into the Coinbase seat, appointed 6 July 2026

Michael Sikorski

Chief Information Security Officer

Coinbase

Career lines for Mike Hanley: repeat ciso, vendor side, government and agencies, engineer or practitioner merging into the General Motors seat, appointed December 2024

Mike Hanley

Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

General Motors

Career lines for Mike Marshall: government and agencies, engineer or practitioner merging into the California Department of Technology seat, appointed 21 August 2026

Mike Marshall

State Chief Information Security Officer

California Department of Technology

Career lines for Pamela McLeod: government and agencies, repeat ciso merging into the State of New Hampshire seat, appointed April 2026

Pamela McLeod

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

State of New Hampshire

Career lines for Paul Ford: government and agencies, vendor side merging into the Greenway Health seat, appointed 7 October 2024

Paul Ford

Chief Information Security Officer

Greenway Health

Career lines for Purvi Kay: government and agencies merging into the National Energy System Operator (NESO) seat

Purvi Kay

Chief Information Security Officer

National Energy System Operator (NESO)

Career lines for Rich Baich: military service, government and agencies, vendor side, repeat ciso merging into the AT&T seat

Rich Baich

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

AT&T

Career lines for Rich Friedberg: repeat ciso, came up in finance, government and agencies merging into the Envestnet seat, appointed 19 February 2026

Rich Friedberg

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Envestnet

Career lines for Robert Turney: government and agencies merging into the auDA seat, appointed February 2025

Robert Turney

Chief Information Security Officer

auDA

Career lines for Robert Wood: repeat ciso, government and agencies merging into the TiDB (PingCAP) seat, appointed 1 September 2026

Robert Wood

Chief Information Security Officer

TiDB (PingCAP)

Career lines for Ron Davis: repeat ciso, government and agencies merging into the ASRC Federal seat, appointed September 2024

Ron Davis

Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

ASRC Federal

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 Ryan Davis: repeat ciso, vendor side, government and agencies merging into the New Charter Technologies seat, appointed 4 August 2025

Ryan Davis

Chief Information Security Officer

New Charter Technologies

Career lines for Shane Barney: government and agencies, promoted from within, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the Keeper Security seat, appointed 20 May 2025

Shane Barney

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Keeper Security

Career lines for Shannon Lawson: government and agencies, military service, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the City of San Antonio seat, appointed November 2025

Shannon Lawson

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

City of San Antonio

Career lines for Shaun Khalfan: repeat ciso, government and agencies, came up in finance merging into the PayPal seat, appointed 22 April 2024

Shaun Khalfan

Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer

PayPal

Career lines for Steve Hodges: government and agencies, engineer or practitioner merging into the Georgia Technology Authority seat, appointed 9 January 2023

Steve Hodges

State Chief Information Security Officer

Georgia Technology Authority

Career lines for Steven Hernandez: government and agencies, repeat ciso, promoted from within merging into the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seat, appointed January 2025

Steven Hernandez

CISO and Deputy CIO

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Career lines for Tabitha Craig: government and agencies, military service merging into the Congressional Budget Office seat, appointed January 2025

Tabitha Craig

Chief Information Security Officer

Congressional Budget Office

Career lines for Tim McKnight: repeat ciso, government and agencies, came up in finance merging into the Merck seat

Tim McKnight

Senior Vice President, IT Risk Management & Security and Chief Information Security Officer

Merck

Career lines for Tim Roemer: government and agencies, vendor side, promoted from within merging into the Global Market Innovators seat, appointed March 2025

Tim Roemer

CEO

Global Market Innovators