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Career path · 113 profiles

Came up in finance

113 profiled security leaders carry the “Came up in finance” career-path tag, 94 in a role their sources show as current. The latest 2 profiles were published 11 November 2026: Chadwick Smith (State of Alabama) and Chris Gergen (North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT)).

Held security roles in banking or financial services before the current seat. A profile carries this tag only when a sourced fact in it supports the tag.

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Related analysis: Repeat CISOs and vendor-side paths lead October 2026's 12 profiled appointments · 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

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 Alex Holden: repeat ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit, promoted from within merging into the Hold Security, LLC seat

Alex Holden

Chief Information Security Officer

Hold Security, LLC

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 Herzog: promoted from within, repeat ciso, engineer or practitioner, came up in finance merging into the Amazon Web Services (AWS) seat, appointed June 2025

Amy Herzog

Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Career lines for Andrew Park: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance, engineer or practitioner merging into the UltraViolet Cyber seat, appointed August 2026

Andrew Park

Chief Information Security Officer

UltraViolet Cyber

Career lines for Andrew Rose: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the SoSafe seat, appointed 7 February 2024

Andrew Rose

Chief Security Officer

SoSafe

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 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 Assaf Keren: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the Meta seat, appointed July 2026

Assaf Keren

Chief Information Security Officer

Meta

Career lines for Barry Childe: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance, engineer or practitioner merging into the Datavault AI Inc. seat, appointed 16 July 2026

Barry Childe

Chief Information Security Officer

Datavault AI Inc.

Career lines for Bertrum Carroll: military service, came up in finance merging into the State of Nevada, Governor's Technology Office seat, appointed 30 March 2026

Bertrum Carroll

State Chief Information Security Officer

State of Nevada, Governor's Technology Office

Career lines for Beth-Anne Bygum: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the Q2 Holdings seat, appointed 13 November 2023

Beth-Anne Bygum

Chief Information Security Officer

Q2 Holdings

Career lines for Bill O’Hern: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the Travelers seat

Bill O’Hern

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

Travelers

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 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 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 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 Chadwick Smith: came up in finance, vendor side merging into the State of Alabama seat, appointed November 2024

Chadwick Smith

State Chief Information Security Officer

State of Alabama

Career lines for Chris Gergen: promoted from within, government and agencies, came up in finance merging into the North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) seat, appointed 8 July 2025

Chris Gergen

Chief Information Security Officer

North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT)

Career lines for Chris Kennedy: military service, vendor side, came up in finance, repeat ciso merging into the Group 1001 seat, appointed 16 October 2023

Chris Kennedy

Chief Information Security Officer

Group 1001

Career lines for Christian Winward: came up in finance merging into the PNC seat

Christian Winward

Chief Information Security Officer

PNC

Career lines for Christopher Burger: repeat ciso, vendor side, promoted from within, came up in finance merging into the F5 seat, appointed April 2025

Christopher Burger

Chief Information Security Officer

F5

Career lines for Christopher Leach: repeat ciso, came up in finance, vendor side merging into the Judy Security seat, appointed 2 January 2024

Christopher Leach

Chief Information Security Officer

Judy Security

Career lines for Christopher Porter: came up in finance, repeat ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the Booz Allen Hamilton seat, appointed July 2026

Christopher Porter

Global Chief Information Security Officer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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 Dan Antilley: came up in finance, vendor side, repeat ciso merging into the MetLife seat, appointed July 2024

Dan Antilley

Chief Information Security Officer

MetLife

Career lines for Dave McKenna: repeat ciso, government and agencies, came up in finance, engineer or practitioner merging into the IDC seat, appointed 10 June 2026

Dave McKenna

Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer

IDC

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 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 Dinesh Kamble: came up in finance, vendor side merging into the RBL Bank seat, appointed May 2024

Dinesh Kamble

CISO

RBL Bank

Career lines for Donna Hart: promoted from within, repeat ciso, came up in finance, engineer or practitioner merging into the SMBC seat, appointed 4 February 2026

Donna Hart

Chief Information Security Officer for the Americas

SMBC

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 Eric Zielinski: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the Jumpmind seat, appointed 7 January 2026

Eric Zielinski

Chief Information Security Officer

Jumpmind

Career lines for Erika Dean: came up in finance merging into the Tricentis seat, appointed 11 August 2026

Erika Dean

Chief Information Security Officer

Tricentis

Career lines for Frank Krieger: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Swap seat, appointed September 2026

Frank Krieger

Chief Information Security Officer

Swap

Career lines for Fredrick Lee: repeat ciso, came up in finance, engineer or practitioner merging into the Reddit seat, appointed 31 July 2023

Fredrick Lee

Chief Information Security Officer

Reddit

Career lines for Garo Doudian: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the NextGen Healthcare seat, appointed 8 May 2024

Garo Doudian

Chief Information and Security Officer (CIO/CISO)

NextGen Healthcare

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 Girish Dixit: came up in finance, repeat ciso merging into the Kotak Securities seat, appointed 9 August 2023

Girish Dixit

Chief Information Security Officer and Executive Vice President

Kotak Securities

Career lines for Gleb Reznik: repeat ciso, came up in finance, promoted from within merging into the American Express seat

Gleb Reznik

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

American Express

Career lines for Guy Shamilov: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Forcepoint seat, appointed 19 March 2025

Guy Shamilov

Chief Information Security Officer

Forcepoint

Career lines for Harold Rivas: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Absolute Security seat, appointed 10 March 2025

Harold Rivas

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Absolute Security

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 Heather Lowrie: government and agencies, came up in finance, engineer or practitioner, consulting and audit merging into the CyberEdBoard seat

Heather Lowrie

Independent Advisor

CyberEdBoard

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 Janet L. Rathod: government and agencies, came up in finance merging into the Johns Hopkins University seat, appointed September 2024

Janet L. Rathod

vice president and chief information security officer

Johns Hopkins University

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 Jaya Baloo: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the AISLE seat

Jaya Baloo

COO & CISO

AISLE

Career lines for JD Rogers: promoted from within, came up in finance merging into the American Financial Group seat, appointed June 2024

JD Rogers

Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

American Financial Group

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 Desmond: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the HireRight seat, appointed 4 August 2025

Jim Desmond

Chief Information Security Officer

HireRight

Career lines for Jim Hart: repeat ciso, vendor side, consulting and audit, came up in finance merging into the Paymentology seat, appointed 2 April 2025

Jim Hart

Chief Information Security Officer

Paymentology

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 Jimit Narendra Shah: came up in finance merging into the LIC Housing Finance seat

Jimit Narendra Shah

Chief Information Security Officer

LIC Housing Finance

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 Bruce: repeat ciso, came up in finance, vendor side merging into the Quorum Cyber seat, appointed November 2025

John Bruce

Chief Information Security Officer

Quorum Cyber

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 Paul Cunningham: military service, came up in finance, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the Silverfort seat, appointed 21 February 2023

John Paul Cunningham

Chief Information Security Officer

Silverfort

Career lines for John Podboy: vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Semperis seat, appointed 7 May 2026

John Podboy

Chief Information Security Officer

Semperis

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 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 Karl Mattson: repeat ciso, came up in finance, military service, vendor side merging into the Endor Labs seat, appointed 24 September 2024

Karl Mattson

Chief Information Security Officer

Endor Labs

Career lines for Keith Anderson: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the JetBlue seat, appointed March 2023

Keith Anderson

Chief Information Security Officer

JetBlue

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 Kris Fador: came up in finance merging into the Bank of America seat

Kris Fador

Chief Information Security Officer

Bank of America

Career lines for Lakshmi Hanspal: vendor side, came up in finance, repeat ciso merging into the DigiCert seat, appointed 24 October 2024

Lakshmi Hanspal

Chief Trust Officer

DigiCert

Career lines for Laura Deaner: repeat ciso, came up in finance, consulting and audit merging into the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) seat, appointed June 2025

Laura Deaner

Chief Information Security Officer

Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Career lines for Leilani Farol: came up in finance merging into the First Horizon seat

Leilani Farol

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

First Horizon

Career lines for Mario Duarte: promoted from within, repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Aembit seat, appointed 2 October 2024

Mario Duarte

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Aembit

Career lines for Marlena Efstratopoulou: promoted from within, repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the Options Technology seat, appointed 15 February 2024

Marlena Efstratopoulou

Chief Information Security Officer

Options Technology

Career lines for Matthew Henderson: promoted from within, came up in finance merging into the Capital City Bank seat, appointed 1 October 2024

Matthew Henderson

Chief Information Security Officer

Capital City Bank

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 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 Monte Ratzlaff: promoted from within, repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the University of California seat, appointed 23 April 2025

Monte Ratzlaff

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

University of California

Career lines for Nick Ritter: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the Worldpay seat

Nick Ritter

Chief Information Security Officer

Worldpay

Career lines for Oded Blatman: repeat ciso, came up in finance, vendor side merging into the Ledger seat, appointed 9 September 2026

Oded Blatman

Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer

Ledger

Career lines for Pascal van Garderen: repeat ciso, promoted from within, engineer or practitioner, came up in finance merging into the Oak Hill Advisors seat

Pascal van Garderen

Managing Director, Chief Information Security Officer

Oak Hill Advisors

Career lines for Patrick Pitchappa: came up in finance merging into the Equiti Group seat, appointed 25 November 2025

Patrick Pitchappa

Chief Information Security Officer

Equiti Group

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 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 Richard Bird: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Singulr AI seat, appointed 18 March 2026

Richard Bird

Chief Security and Strategy Officer

Singulr AI

Career lines for Richard Marcus: promoted from within, came up in finance, vendor side merging into the AuditBoard seat, appointed April 2024

Richard Marcus

Chief Information Security Officer

AuditBoard

Career lines for Rishi Awasthi: promoted from within, consulting and audit, came up in finance merging into the Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited seat, appointed 1 October 2026

Rishi Awasthi

Chief Information Security Officer

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited

Career lines for Rob Burch: came up in finance, repeat ciso merging into the Brown & Brown seat, appointed 1 June 2023

Rob Burch

chief information security officer

Brown & Brown

Career lines for Robb Reck: repeat ciso, came up in finance, vendor side merging into the Pax8 seat, appointed 5 December 2023

Robb Reck

Chief Trust and Security Officer

Pax8

Career lines for Robert Huber: military service, government and agencies, came up in finance, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the Tenable seat

Robert Huber

Chief Security Officer

Tenable

Career lines for Ryan Weeks: repeat ciso, vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Vimeo seat, appointed 3 December 2024

Ryan Weeks

Chief Information Security Officer

Vimeo

Career lines for Samir Sherif: repeat ciso, came up in finance, vendor side merging into the F5 seat, appointed 22 January 2024

Samir Sherif

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

F5

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 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 Stephen Barnham: promoted from within, came up in finance merging into the Daiichi Life Group seat, appointed 7 October 2026

Stephen Barnham

Group Chief Information Officer & Group Chief Digital Officer & Group Chief Information Security Officer

Daiichi Life Group

Career lines for Stephen Garcia: repeat ciso, came up in finance, vendor side merging into the BreachRx seat, appointed 10 June 2026

Stephen Garcia

Chief Information Security Officer

BreachRx

Career lines for Stephen McMaster: came up in finance merging into the Western Alliance Bank seat, appointed 21 January 2026

Stephen McMaster

Chief Information Security Officer

Western Alliance Bank

Career lines for Steve Sparkes: promoted from within, repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the TD Bank seat, appointed April 2025

Steve Sparkes

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer

TD Bank

Career lines for Summer Craze Fowler: repeat ciso, engineer or practitioner, came up in finance merging into the Torc Robotics seat

Summer Craze Fowler

Chief Information Security Officer

Torc Robotics

Career lines for Tera Ladner: promoted from within, deputy to ciso, came up in finance merging into the Aflac seat

Tera Ladner

Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer

Aflac

Career lines for Terrence Driscoll: vendor side, came up in finance, repeat ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the Cyware seat, appointed 30 July 2024

Terrence Driscoll

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Cyware

Career lines for Thomas Hill: military service, repeat ciso, came up in finance, vendor side merging into the Candescent seat, appointed June 2026

Thomas Hill

Chief Information Security Officer

Candescent

Career lines for Tim Byrd: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the First Citizens Bank seat

Tim Byrd

Chief Information Security Officer

First Citizens Bank

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 Todd Spight: came up in finance merging into the HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC) seat, appointed September 2025

Todd Spight

Chief Information Security Officer

HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC)

Career lines for Tony Spinelli: repeat ciso, came up in finance, vendor side, government and agencies, consulting and audit, promoted from within merging into the Halcyon seat

Tony Spinelli

Chief Security Officer

Halcyon

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 Troy Rydman: vendor side, came up in finance merging into the Packsize seat, appointed 7 April 2025

Troy Rydman

Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer

Packsize

Career lines for Ty Sbano: repeat ciso, came up in finance, vendor side merging into the Webflow seat, appointed 10 September 2025

Ty Sbano

Chief Information Security Officer

Webflow

Career lines for Vari Bindra: came up in finance merging into the Life360 seat, appointed 19 March 2025

Vari Bindra

Chief Information Security Officer

Life360

Career lines for Vivin Varghese: repeat ciso, came up in finance merging into the Provident Bank seat, appointed 23 September 2024

Vivin Varghese

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer

Provident Bank

Career lines for William Bengtson: vendor side, engineer or practitioner, came up in finance merging into the ConductorOne seat, appointed January 2026

William Bengtson

Chief Information Security Officer

ConductorOne

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