Seattle, Washington, United States
Board trusted, global-scale CISO with 30 years leading security across cloud, hardware, government, and consumer technology. Advisor to Fortune 500 executives, venture founders, and emerging security companies in complex, high-growth environments. Known for deep technical credibility, pragmatic organizational leadership, and ability to translate board-level risk into measurable business impact where governance and execution drive strategy.
Lead our global security strategy, with a focus on strengthening cyber resilience, advancing risk management and supporting the secure growth of the business.
CISO Advisor
Acting CISO for Amazon consumer devices ecosystem. Leading 150+ person org across 10+ product lines securing 300M+ devices and partnering with 14,000+ developers. Delivered effective OPEX/CAPEX reduction, improved risk prioritization, and leading in-house AI/ML security product development
Build and develop Salesforce BISO organization at Salesforce (50-60 reports, $10M+ budget). Established Risk Operations Center: discovered & eliminated magnitude of rogue cloud accounts (100% previously undetected), reduced detection false positives from 99%→<5%, monthly board-level reporting on enterprise risk.
One of 3 founding members advising AWS CISO relations on enterprise security strategy. Guided Fortune 100 companies on security transformation. Released 5 OSS projects annually; helped shaped AWS security service roadmap. Established recurring and grew internal AWS Security Summit (20→450 attendees).
Built product org for compliance automation at scale. Created tool framework targeted to automating 1,800+ compliance evidence points across frameworks (SOC 2, ISO, GDPR, FedRAMP), Drove GDPR enablement project AWS wide and with fortune 100 industry partners. Reduced manual audit burden and accelerated certifications for enterprises.
Key trusted advisor to AWS's largest customers on security architecture, compliance transformation, and organizational challenges. Built global security technical community for sales. Established DevSecOps, container security, and security assurance practices.