John Podboy

John Podboy is the Chief Information Security Officer of Semperis, appointed in May 2026. The company announced the appointment on May 7, 2026, describing Semperis as the identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis response company.

Career path

Before joining Semperis, Podboy held security leadership roles at Fifth Third Bank, First Citizens Bank, Thomson Reuters, and GE Digital. He brings more than 15 years of experience spanning cybersecurity, technology management, digital transformation, risk, and resilience. Across his career he has led large-scale security programs for federal agencies and global brands in retail, manufacturing, industrial, technology, media, and financial services.

Remit at Semperis

At Semperis, Podboy will support the company's next phase of growth with a focus on risk, resilience, compliance, and agentic AI-driven cyber defense. His responsibilities include deepening the company's internal and product security posture as Semperis scales.

"I am excited to join Semperis to help deepen both our internal and product security posture as we continue to scale and innovate for our customers," said Podboy.

He noted that Semperis takes an identity-first approach to ransomware security, increasingly infused with AI-driven detection and response, to help organizations strengthen the resilience of their identity systems and speed operational recovery after an attack.

About Semperis

Semperis protects multi-cloud and hybrid identity environments, including Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta, and Ping Identity, and is relied on by more than 1,200 organizations, including over 25% of the 100 largest U.S. companies. The company also runs the Hybrid Identity Protection Conference and Podcast and provides free identity security tools, Purple Knight and Forest Druid. Semperis describes itself as focused on stopping cyber criminals and curbing the funding of criminal activity through identity-first security.