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Career path · 58 profiles

Military service

58 profiled security leaders carry the “Military service” career-path tag, 43 in a role their sources show as current. The newest are Bruce Jenkins (Black Duck Software), Peter Liebert (Clari + Salesloft) and Amy Steagall (Stanford University), the latest published 12 November 2026.

Served in the armed forces, according to an official biography or announcement. A profile carries this tag only when a sourced fact in it supports the tag.

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Career lines for Alan Rosa: military service, engineer or practitioner, repeat ciso merging into the CVS Health seat

Alan Rosa

Chief Information Security Officer and SVP, Infrastructure and Operations

CVS Health

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 Amy Steagall: military service, government and agencies merging into the Stanford University seat

Amy Steagall

Chief Information Security Officer

Stanford University

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 Antonio De Vita: military service, government and agencies merging into the Intesa Sanpaolo seat, appointed 17 October 2024

Antonio De Vita

Chief Security Officer

Intesa Sanpaolo

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 Bob Turner: repeat ciso, military service, vendor side, consulting and audit merging into the Penn State University seat, appointed 23 September 2024

Bob Turner

Chief Information Security Officer

Penn State University

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 Bruce Jenkins: promoted from within, military service, vendor side merging into the Black Duck Software seat, appointed December 2024

Bruce Jenkins

Chief Information Security Officer

Black Duck Software

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 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 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 Dale Hoak: military service, government and agencies, promoted from within, engineer or practitioner, vendor side merging into the RegScale seat, appointed 8 July 2025

Dale Hoak

Chief Information Security Officer

RegScale

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 Cross: military service, vendor side, repeat ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the Atlassian seat, appointed February 2025

David Cross

Chief Information Security Officer

Atlassian

Career lines for David Raymond: military service, promoted from within, engineer or practitioner merging into the Virginia Tech seat, appointed 1 July 2026

David Raymond

Associate Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

Virginia Tech

Career lines for David Soto: military service, vendor side merging into the Trellix seat, appointed 24 August 2026

David Soto

Chief Information Security Officer

Trellix

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 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 Esther Pinto: military service, consulting and audit, vendor side, repeat ciso merging into the Guardz seat, appointed 19 December 2024

Esther Pinto

Chief Information Security Officer

Guardz

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 Gregg R. Kendrick: military service, government and agencies, repeat ciso merging into the Vanderbilt University seat, appointed 28 October 2024

Gregg R. Kendrick

Chief Information Security Officer

Vanderbilt University

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 Jameeka Green Aaron: military service, repeat ciso, vendor side, engineer or practitioner merging into the Headspace seat

Jameeka Green Aaron

Chief Information Security Officer

Headspace

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 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 Jeff Harris: government and agencies, military service merging into the Federal Housing Finance Agency seat, appointed 23 September 2024

Jeff Harris

Chief Information Security Officer

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Career lines for Jeff Lyon: military service merging into the Remitly seat

Jeff Lyon

Chief Information Security Officer

Remitly

Career lines for Jerry R. Geisler III: military service, promoted from within merging into the Walmart seat

Jerry R. Geisler III

Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

Walmart

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 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 Justin Bingham: military service, vendor side merging into the Park Place Technologies seat, appointed January 2025

Justin Bingham

Chief Information Security Officer

Park Place Technologies

Career lines for Justin Henkel: military service, deputy to ciso merging into the SolarWinds seat, appointed 17 June 2026

Justin Henkel

Chief Information Security Officer

SolarWinds

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 Kevin Paige: military service, vendor side, repeat ciso merging into the ConductorOne seat

Kevin Paige

Field CISO

ConductorOne

Career lines for Kyle Draisey: military service merging into the Sagent seat, appointed 29 May 2025

Kyle Draisey

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Cybersecurity

Sagent

Career lines for Michael Mestrovich: government and agencies, military service, engineer or practitioner, vendor side, repeat ciso merging into the Rubrik seat, appointed 25 May 2022

Michael Mestrovich

Chief Information Security Officer

Rubrik

Career lines for Mike Johnson: repeat ciso, vendor side, military service merging into the Rivian seat, appointed April 2023

Mike Johnson

Chief Information Security Officer

Rivian

Career lines for Nicole Ford: repeat ciso, military service, government and agencies merging into the Nordstrom seat, appointed December 2023

Nicole Ford

Chief Information Security Officer

Nordstrom

Career lines for Paul Calatayud: military service, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the Archipelo seat, appointed 17 March 2025

Paul Calatayud

Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Strategy Officer

Archipelo

Career lines for Peter Liebert: repeat ciso, military service, government and agencies, vendor side merging into the Clari + Salesloft seat, appointed February 2026

Peter Liebert

Chief Information Security Officer

Clari + Salesloft

Career lines for Philip Martin: military service, repeat ciso, engineer or practitioner merging into the Uber seat, appointed June 2026

Philip Martin

Chief Information Security Officer

Uber

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 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 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 Scott Swartzentruber: promoted from within, military service merging into the Western Carolina University seat, appointed November 2024

Scott Swartzentruber

Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer

Western Carolina University

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 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 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