Career profile
Ken Ricketts
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Teradata
- Current role, per sources checked 7 September 2026
- 21 January 2026
Ken Ricketts is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Teradata, appointed in January 2026. The company announced the appointment as part of its security leadership, with Ricketts working alongside Teradata's leadership on enterprise-wide security covering cloud and AI-driven platforms, risk and compliance, product security, and operational security.
Career path
Ricketts held leadership roles at IBM Global Services and Monster during periods of rapid company growth. At SurveyMonkey, he combined infrastructure and security responsibilities to scale operations, migrate the company to public cloud, and protect its global SaaS survey data platform. He then served as Chief Information Security Officer at Coupa Software, where he built and scaled an enterprise security organization across multiple geographies, led the company through FedRAMP authorization, and managed global 24/7 security operations and incident response programs along with regulatory compliance at scale. Before joining Teradata, Ricketts was CISO in Residence at Insight Partners, advising portfolio companies on security strategy, compliance, and go-to-market readiness. Teradata named him Senior Vice President and CISO, a move CSO Online also reported, noting he would lead global security strategy with a focus on cloud security, AI-driven innovation, and risk-based governance. He holds a BS in Business Administration from UC Riverside.
Remit at Teradata
In his current role, Ricketts is responsible for elevating Teradata's security posture, driving a secure product lifecycle, building a risk-based governance program, and fostering a security-aware culture across the company. His leadership extends across Teradata's operations and product development, with a stated aim of enabling secure AI innovation for customers. On his appointment, Ricketts said, "There is no more important mission than protecting our customers' data, and my focus will be on fostering a highly technical, collaborative security organization that not only protects our platform but also drives business growth."
Public commentary on AI governance
On Teradata's trust and security site, Ricketts is featured discussing Governance: The missing piece of the AI conversation, explaining why governance has become a requirement for enterprise AI and how organizations can scale innovation while maintaining visibility, control, security, and resilience.
