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CISO Spotlights

Sector · 11 profiles

Artificial intelligence

CISO Spotlights profiles 11 security leaders in the artificial intelligence sector, 9 in a role their sources show as current. The newest are Victor Chang (Backstory), Guy Havusha (Gong) and Eric Freeman (WRITER), the latest published 12 November 2026.

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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 Danny Rittman: promoted from within, engineer or practitioner, consulting and audit merging into the Avant Technologies, Inc. seat, appointed 14 March 2024

Danny Rittman

Chief Information Officer

Avant Technologies, Inc.

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 Eric Freeman: vendor side merging into the WRITER seat, appointed 21 August 2025

Eric Freeman

Chief Information Security Officer

WRITER

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 Guy Havusha: promoted from within, repeat ciso, vendor side merging into the Gong seat, appointed 4 November 2026

Guy Havusha

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Gong

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 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 Latha Maripuri: repeat ciso merging into the Nscale seat, appointed 26 February 2026

Latha Maripuri

Chief Information Security Officer

Nscale

Career lines for Patrick McKinney: vendor side merging into the Turing seat, appointed September 2026

Patrick McKinney

Chief Information Security Officer

Turing

Career lines for Victor Chang: engineer or practitioner merging into the Backstory seat, appointed 27 May 2026

Victor Chang

Chief Information Security Officer

Backstory