Career path · 161 profiles
Vendor side
Related analysis: Vendor-side and repeat CISO paths tie at 14 of 27 profiled in September 2026 · Builders in the chair: the engineers, researchers and product people who became CISOs · Deputy, then chief: how the number-two security job leads to the top seat · Service first: the twelve CISOs whose careers began in uniform

Aanchal Gupta
Chief Security Officer (CSO)
Adobe

Aaron Momin
Chief Information Security Officer
Synechron

Alex Ryals
Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President of Solutions
MicroAge

Alexander Truskovsky
Chief Information Security Officer
EigenQ

Alfredo Hickman
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Kai

Ali Waezzadah
Chief Information Security Officer
iCOUNTER

Aman Sirohi
Chief Information Security Officer
Cyberhaven

Amanda Fennell
Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer
Prove Identity

Amit Spitzer
CTO and CISO
Glilot Capital Partners

Andrew Park
Chief Information Security Officer
UltraViolet Cyber

Andrew Rose
Chief Security Officer
SoSafe

Andrew Smeaton
Chief Information Security Officer
Jamf

Attila Török
Chief Information Security Officer
GoTo

Barry Childe
Chief Information Security Officer
Datavault AI Inc.

Bill Dunnion
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Mitel

Bill O'Connell
Chief Security Officer (CSO)
Commvault

Brian Blakley
Chief Information Security Officer
Bellini Capital and ConnectSecure

Bryan Thompson
Chief Information Security Officer
Luma Financial Technologies

Chad Holmes
Chief Information Security Officer
Texas Office of the Attorney General

Chaim Mazal
Chief Information Security Officer
GitLab

Chris Bates
Chief Security Officer
Cyberhaven

Chris Jones
Chief Trust & Security Officer
Axonius

Chris Kennedy
Chief Information Security Officer
Group 1001

Christie Terrill
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Bishop Fox

Christopher Burger
Chief Information Security Officer
F5

Christopher Carter
Chief Information Security Officer
V2X

Christopher Leach
Chief Information Security Officer
Judy Security

Clay Carter
Chief Information Security Officer
Ncontracts

Clayton C. Peddy
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
ABBYY

Craig Davies
Chief Information Security Officer
Gathid

Dan Antilley
Chief Information Security Officer
MetLife

David Cook
Chief Information Security Officer
Sequoia

David Cross
Chief Information Security Officer
Atlassian

David Dunn
Chief Information Security Officer
Kroll

David Overton
Vice President of IT and Chief Information Security Officer
Pathify

David Schwed
Chief Operating Officer
SovereignAI

David Soto
Chief Information Security Officer
Trellix

Dean Macris
Chief Information Security Officer
Dispel

Dennis Dayman
Chief Information Security Officer
Code42

Diana Kelley
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Noma Security

Dom Glavach
Chief Information Security Officer
Black Duck

Doug Bowers
Chief Information Security Officer
MongoDB

Drew McCombs
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
Cylerity

Dror Hevlin
Chief Information Security Officer
Cynomi

Edwin Ng
Chief Information Security Officer
LogicGate

Eric Hammersley
Chief Information Security Officer
IREN Limited

Frank Krieger
Chief Information Security Officer
Swap

Gary Perkins
Chief Information Security Officer
CISO Global

George Totev
Vice President, Security and Chief Information Security Officer
Clio

Gerald Beuchelt
Chief Information Security Officer
Acronis

Grant Yacomeni
Chief Information Security Officer
Gigamon

Greg Akers
Advisor and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Dispersive Stealth Networking

Guy Shamilov
Chief Information Security Officer
Forcepoint

Harold Rivas
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Absolute Security

Heather Gantt-Evans
Chief Information Security Officer
Marqeta

Hemant Chaskar
Chief Information Security Officer
Nile

Henrik Smith
Chief Information Security Officer
Infoblox

Ian Thornton-Trump
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Inversion6

Israel Barak
Chief Information Security Officer
7AI

Jacob Berry
Chief Information Security Officer
Fable Security

Jacob DePriest
Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer
1Password

Jadee Hanson
Chief Information Security Officer
Vanta

Jameeka Green Aaron
Chief Information Security Officer
Headspace

James Hill
Chief Information Security Officer
Cytracom

James Scobey
Chief Information Security Officer
Keeper Security, Inc.

James Sipe
Executive Deputy Chief Information Officer
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Jason Cradit
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
EverLine

Jason Lee
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Splunk

Jason Lord
Chief Information Security Officer
AutoRABIT

Jason Scott
Chief Information Security Officer
Sectigo

Jaya Baloo
COO & CISO
AISLE

Jeremy Koppen
Chief Information Security Officer
Equifax

Jeremy Powell
Chief Information Security Officer
Sumo Logic

Joan Pepin
Chief Information Security Officer
Edge Delta

Joel Fulton
Chief Information Security Officer
Veritas Capital

John Bruce
Chief Information Security Officer
Quorum Cyber

John Paul Cunningham
Chief Information Security Officer
Silverfort

John Podboy
Chief Information Security Officer
Semperis

John Qian
Chief Information Security Officer
Aviatrix

Jordan Avnaim
Global Chief Information Security Officer
Allied Universal

Josh Lemos
Chief Information Security Officer
GitLab Inc.

Julia Lake
Chief Information Security Officer
6sense

Justin Bingham
Chief Information Security Officer
Park Place Technologies

Karl Mattson
Chief Information Security Officer
Endor Labs

Katie Arrington
Performing the Duties of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer
Department of Defense

Kawin Boonyapredee
CISO Advisor for Asia Pacific and Japan
KnowBe4

Ken Ricketts
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Teradata

Kim Larsen
Group Chief Information Security Officer
Keepit

Lakshmi Hanspal
Chief Trust Officer
DigiCert

Lane Sullivan
Chief Information Security and Strategy Officer
Concentric AI

Lea Kissner
Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President

Leon Rishniw
founding Chief Information Security Officer
1Fort

Leonard Kleinman
Chief Information Security Officer
Enablis

Leslie Nielsen
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Mimecast

Lucas Moody
Chief Information Security Officer
Astera Labs

Mario Duarte
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Aembit

Mark Carter
Chief Information Security Officer
Socure

Marshall Erwin
Chief Information Security Officer
Fastly, Inc.

Mat Steinlin
Chief Information Security Officer
Opti9

Mathieu Rigotto
Chief Information Security Officer
Filigran

Matt Kimpel
Chief Information Security Officer
Magna5

Matthew McCormack
Chief Information Security Officer
Finastra

Melissa Knight
Chief Information Security Officer
Tego Cyber

Merlin Namuth
Chief Information Security Officer
City and County of Denver

Merritt Baer
Chief Information Security Officer
Reco

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

Michael Coates
Chief Information Security Officer
Solana Foundation

Michael Lockhart
Chief Information Security Officer
Vensure Employer Solutions

Michael McNeil
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
Omnicell

Michael Sikorski
Chief Information Security Officer
Coinbase

Mike Hanley
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
General Motors

Mike Johnson
Chief Information Security Officer
Rivian

Mike Rosen
Chief Information Security Officer
iVerify

Nicholas Kathmann
Chief Information Security Officer
LogicGate

Norm Laudermilch
Chief Information Security Officer
Maxar Technologies

Oded Blatman
Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer
Ledger

Olivia Brännlund
Chief Information Security Officer
Outpost24

Paras Malhotra
Chief Information Security Officer
Starburst

Patrick McKinney
Chief Information Security Officer
Turing

Paul Adams
Chief Information Security Officer
Blue Mountain

Paul Calatayud
Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Strategy Officer
Archipelo

Paul Ford
Chief Information Security Officer
Greenway Health

Phillip Miller
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
H&R Block

Raj Umadas
Chief Information Security Officer
RAD Security

Randolph Barr
Chief Information Security Officer
Cequence Security

Ravi Soin
Chief Information Security Officer
Smartsheet

Rich Baich
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
AT&T

Richard Bird
Chief Security and Strategy Officer
Singulr AI

Richard Marcus
Chief Information Security Officer
AuditBoard

Rinki Sethi
Chief Security Officer
Upwind

Robb Reck
Chief Trust and Security Officer
Pax8

Roger Hale
Chief Information Security Officer
1Kosmos

Roland Palmer
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Security
JumpCloud

Ryan Davis
Chief Information Security Officer
New Charter Technologies

Ryan Gurney
Chief Information Security Officer
LVT (LiveView Technologies)

Samir Sherif
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
F5

Sandy Dunn
Chief Information Security Officer
SplxAI

Scott Putnam
CIO and CISO
New Charter Technologies

Sean Bruton
Chief Information Security Officer
Illumia

Sean Cassidy
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Plaid

Sean Malone
Chief Information Security Officer
BeyondTrust

Sebastian Goodwin
Chief Trust Officer
Autodesk

Sebastian Welsh
Chief Information Security Officer
SwitchDin

Shane Barney
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Keeper Security

Shannon Lawson
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
City of San Antonio

Stan Black
chief information security officer (CISO)
D-Wave Quantum Inc.

Stephen Ford
Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer
Rockwell Automation

Stephen Garcia
Chief Information Security Officer
BreachRx

Susan Chiang
Chief Information Security Officer
Headway

Suyesh Karki
Chief Information Security Officer
Aledade PBC

Talha Tariq
Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer
HashiCorp

Terrence Driscoll
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Cyware

Thomas Hill
Chief Information Security Officer
Candescent

Tim Bandos
Field CISO
Critical Start

Tim Roemer
CEO
Global Market Innovators

Todd Dekkinga
Chief Information Security Officer
Sycomp

Trey Ford
Chief Strategy and Trust Officer
Bugcrowd

Troy Rydman
Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer
Packsize

William Bengtson
Chief Information Security Officer
ConductorOne

Wyman Lewis
Chief Information Security Officer
Apptega

Yonesy Núñez
Advisory Board Member
Cytactic