Chief Technology Officer

• Own the technical architecture of our data platform: warehouse, ingestion pipelines, identity resolution, and a unified data model across the business.
• Make the early infrastructure calls: ETL tooling, dbt structure, BI layer, orchestration, and data governance posture.
• Sequence the platform buildout to ship a working unified dataset within the first few months.
• Define the technical relationship between our consumer app and our data platform: what gets captured, how identity flows, what gets enriched, and what flows back to the user.
• Partner with the app engineering team (initially contractor, transitioning to FTE) on the consumer surface and event credentialing.
• Ensure event credentialing is production-grade and survives tens of thousands of users on day one.
• Hire and develop the engineering team. Model constraint before headcount: automate, simplify, and ship before you hire.
• Establish the engineering culture: code review, on-call, observability, technical writing, and a high IC bar.
• Be the technical interviewer and bar-raiser on every engineering hire.
• Set and enforce engineering standards company-wide, favoring shipped reference implementations over policy memos.
• Own standards on day one; the broader technology portfolio consolidates under you as systems mature.
• Surface technical constraints to the leadership team in plain language, and carry commercial constraints back into engineering planning.
• Stand up SOC 2 readiness on a timeline that supports enterprise-grade commercial products.
• Own GDPR, consent tiering, and right-to-erasure capability across the platform from day one.
• Make vendor and tooling decisions that survive audit and scale.
• Work with existing technology team to architect and enact future IT infrastructure and steward technical philosophies org wide.

• Helping define and advocate for the long-term vision of DNC Tech: As part of our cross-functional leadership team, you will be a key voice in setting the direction and focus of our team to ensure we deliver against our mission cycle over cycle.
• Own key strategic initiatives end-to-end: You will be responsible for planning and working with cross-functional teams to drive the implementation of key initiatives.
• Operationalizing internal processes and team support: You will help our team run more smoothly, including by providing support to our management team, implementing feedback loops to improve how we support individuals across the team, and supporting streamlined processes from contract reviews to budget management.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and sustainable high performance, with a specific focus on team cohesion, morale, and burnout prevention during the high-pressure periods of the election cycle.
• Additional areas of responsibility will be determined based on the strengths of the individual who fills this position.

Deputy Chief Technology Officer

• Provides presales solution architecture services across materially significant, strategically important clients and client groups.
• Leads in the development of complex, tailored solutions, ensuring alignment with client needs and Unisys offerings, often incorporating emerging technologies.
• Develops and delivers high-level presentations and demos, articulating the value of proposed solutions to senior-level managers and decision-makers.
• Works with sales, product development and engineering teams to align proposed solutions with business objectives, ensuring technical feasibility and optimal client outcomes.
• Oversees and contributes to preparation of technical responses for RFPs and RFIs, ensuring competitive and technically sound submissions.
• Evaluates potential risks, ensuring that solutions comply with operational standards, security protocols and applicable regulations.
• Fosters long-term client relations, providing trusted advice and counsel from a technical and operational perspective.
• Serve as a trusted technology advisor to higher‑education leadership, including campus CIOs, deputy CIOs, and central system stakeholders, with an understanding of shared governance models, academic culture, and decentralized IT environments common in public university systems.
• Guide solution architectures that support core higher‑education systems, such as Student Information Systems (SIS), Learning Management Systems (LMS), identity and access management (IAM), research computing, and campus administrative platforms, ensuring interoperability and long‑term sustainability.
• Ensure proposed solutions align with higher‑education regulatory and policy requirements, including FERPA, CSU systemwide policies, State of California requirements, and digital accessibility mandates (e.g., Section 508, ADA).
• Navigate complex procurement, funding, and approval processes, including public‑sector RFPs, multiyear funding cycles, grant‑funded initiatives, and system‑level vs. campus‑level decision authority within large university systems.
• Partner with academic, administrative, and IT stakeholders to balance innovation with operational stability, recognizing the dual mission of higher‑education institutions to support instruction, research, and student services.
• Provide technical leadership during modernization initiatives, including legacy system transformation, migration to cloud‑based platforms, cybersecurity modernization, and digital accessibility improvements across instructional and non‑instructional systems.

Client CTO – Higher Education

• Maximize the value of Cadence solutions and flows
• Develop, lead, and close technical campaigns
• Introduce new technologies and methodologies
• Build strong relationships with customer engineers and leadership
• Collaborate with application engineers and sales executives

Digital IC, Account Technology Executive – ATX

• Develops and implements a comprehensive information security program, including policies, procedures, and controls.
• Monitors and urgently addresses current and emerging cybersecurity risks that pertain to the Bank and its customers.
• Advises the Bank's Chief Risk Officer, IT Committee, and Senior Management in developing and implementing information technology safeguard strategies and controls to mitigate risks.
• Conducts ongoing information security compliance monitoring and performs IT and customer information risk assessments for all areas of the Bank.
• Monitors and continuously upgrades information security and business resiliency capabilities across the enterprise.
• Manages enterprise-wide Business Continuity Planning (BCP), including establishing and validating policies and procedures to restore business-critical services of the Bank in the event of a disaster or event.
• Works closely with and challenges the Director of Information Technology and the Chief Risk Officer to develop strategic plans and makes recommendations for significant information technology projects involving functional changes within the Bank.
• Provides the Board with an annual assessment of the Bank's Information Security program in accordance with the Gramm Leach Bliley Act.
• Assures audit compliance and procedure quality control through internal and external reviews, recommends and initiates corrective actions, and ensures system resources are in compliance with established Bank policies, procedures, and state and federal laws, rules and regulations.
• Manages physical security policies, protocols, procedures, and systems.
• Ensures policies and procedures are consistently applied across the Bank and ensures adherence with regulatory requirements.
• Continuously monitors and assesses the information security team and resources to ensure the organization employs and develops top talent.
• Performs personnel actions, including performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, and interviewing candidates for employment, and supervises the daily activities of the department, including, but not limited to, effective delegation of assignments, developing work schedules, and providing necessary training.
• Fosters a culture of security awareness and accountability throughout the organization.
• Works with the Training Officer to develop and deliver security awareness and training programs to educate employees on security best practices.
• Supports Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) through business development efforts. Actively participates in community organizations.
• Maintains a current knowledge of bank regulations. Ensures compliance with all Federal, State and Bank policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Chief Information Security Officer

• Set Verily’s security strategy and roadmap, supporting external products and internal corporate systems.
• Recruit top talent and build and lead an excellent team of highly technical security professionals.
• Drive scaling and adoption of AI-driven security tools and automation patterns with engineering to enhance operational security, product security and data privacy.
• Collaborate with Verily Leadership, building strong and trusting relationships with Engineering, Product, Clinical, Regulatory and Quality, IT, Legal, Finance, and Commercial teams.
• Take on an external-facing role with key customers, security organizations, and colleagues across the industry.

• Define and execute a global IT roadmap that supports business objectives, including revenue growth, margin improvement, operational excellence, and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with executive leadership and business units to integrate IT into core business strategies, enabling digital transformation and business innovation.
• Present regularly to the Board and Audit Committee on IT strategy, cybersecurity readiness, and enterprise risk management.
• Scale IT systems and infrastructure to support global operations, manufacturing, and commercial expansion.
• Oversee enterprise systems including ERP, LIMS, QMS, CRM, eCommerce, and other cloud-based collaboration platforms.
• Drive digital innovation by identifying and deploying emerging technologies that enhance efficiency, scalability, and business value.
• Lead the development and execution of a robust cybersecurity strategy in alignment with NIST, ISO 27001, and industry best practices.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, and other regulatory requirements.
• Establish IT governance frameworks that safeguard business continuity, data integrity, and risk management.
• Build and lead a global IT team of 15–30+ professionals across infrastructure, applications, security, and helpdesk functions.
• Manage IT budgets in the $10M–$25M range, ensuring cost-effectiveness and ROI from technology investments.
• Oversee IT vendor relationships, contracts, and enterprise-wide technology sourcing strategies.

Chief Information Officer

• Serve as Cohesity's primary healthcare industry voice externally — speaking at conferences, authoring content, and engaging with healthcare executives, CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs as a credible peer and trusted advisor.
• Partner with field sales and SE teams on strategic opportunities, participating in executive briefings, workshops, and proof-of-concept engagements with healthcare customers and prospects.
• Translate complex healthcare data challenges — including data protection, ransomware resilience, regulatory compliance, and AI-readiness — into compelling narratives that connect to Cohesity's platform capabilities.
• Build and maintain relationships with key industry bodies, health systems, payers, and technology partners in the healthcare ecosystem.
• Act as the primary conduit between the healthcare field and Cohesity's Product Management organization, surfacing customer requirements, validating roadmap priorities, and advocating for capabilities critical to the vertical.
• Develop and maintain Cohesity's healthcare-specific point of view — including use cases, reference architectures, and competitive positioning — in close collaboration with product, marketing, and engineering.
• Inform go-to-market strategy for healthcare, including segmentation, solution packaging, and partnership priorities.
• Enable and upskill account teams on healthcare-specific selling motions, industry dynamics, regulatory requirements, and technical architectures.
• Serve as an escalation resource for complex technical or strategic situations in key healthcare accounts.

Healthcare Field CTO

• Development of product roadmap and execution across Product, Engineering, and Transmission Planning
• Translation of customer, market, and founder insight into product strategy, priorities, and execution plans
• Building the operating cadence for product development: roadmap planning, product reviews, execution reviews, and customer feedback loops
• Management and coaching of Product Leads, VP Engineering, and VP Transmission Planning.
• Cross-functional decision-making across customer value, technical feasibility, domain correctness, speed, and business impact
• Product quality, usability, reliability, and customer impact

Chief Product and Technology Officer

• Discuss security concerns and potential solutions clearly and concisely
• Provide security-focused guidance and strategy to sales teams
• Assess the potential application of Citrix security solutions to meet customers’ business needs
• Deliver product demonstrations and technical presentations remotely or on-site
• Design and build multi-product proof of concept solutions for customer evaluations
• Overcome technical and competitive objections while moving sales and adoption motions forward
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and resources to ensure customer success
• Keep abreast of latest security strategies to inform and guide customers while shaping product requirements
• Develop formal relationship networks with key customer decision-makers and contacts
• Contribute to the broader technical sales team’s success with the Citrix Platform and adoption of Citrix security solutions

Principal Security Technology Strategist

• Discuss security concerns and potential solutions clearly and concisely to an audience with varying levels of technical expertise from CISO to hands-on security practitioners
• Provide security-focused guidance and strategy to sales teams
• Assess the potential application of Citrix security solutions to meet customers’ business needs
• Deliver product demonstrations and technical presentations remotely or on-site
• Design and build multi-product proof of concept solutions for customer evaluations and guide customers through adoption and expansion
• Overcome technical and competitive objections while moving sales and adoption motions forward
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and resources to ensure customer success
• Keep abreast of latest security strategies to inform and guide customers while shaping product requirements
• Develop formal relationship networks with key customer decision-makers and contacts
• Contribute to the broader technical sales team’s success with the Citrix Platform and adoption of Citrix security solutions
• Implements strategic goals established by functional leadership.
• Establishes operational plans for the job area with short-to mid-term impact on product adoption and sales renewal results (e.g., 1-2 years).

• Establish Cornelis Networks as a recognized technical leader across AI, HPC, cloud, sovereign AI, and next-generation datacenter infrastructure markets
• Influence customer technology strategies and architecture decisions through trusted advisor relationships
• Accelerate adoption of Cornelis networking solutions through technical leadership, advocacy, and ecosystem engagement
• Shape future product direction through direct engagement with customers, partners, and industry leaders
• Strengthen strategic relationships with hyperscalers, cloud providers, OEMs, research institutions, and key ecosystem partners
• Expand market awareness and technical credibility for Cornelis Networks within the rapidly evolving AI infrastructure landscape
• Elevate technical knowledge and customer engagement effectiveness across the broader organization
• Serve as a senior technical spokesperson for Cornelis Networks at customer meetings, industry conferences, analyst briefings, webinars, podcasts, and ecosystem events
• Develop and deliver compelling presentations, demonstrations, technical papers, blogs, and thought leadership content that communicate the value of Cornelis networking solutions
• Engage deeply with strategic customers to understand technical challenges, workloads, infrastructure requirements, and long-term technology roadmaps
• Drive advanced technical engagements with hyperscalers, next-generation cloud providers, OEM partners, research organizations, and enterprise customers
• Collaborate closely with sales, product management, and engineering teams to support strategic opportunities, proof-of-concept activities, pilot deployments, and customer success initiatives
• Identify emerging market opportunities, technology shifts, competitive threats, and workload trends that create new opportunities for Cornelis Networks
• Act as a conduit between customers and internal product teams, ensuring customer requirements and market feedback influence future product direction
• Provide input on technology strategy, product roadmaps, performance priorities, architectural decisions, and competitive positioning
• Help validate next-generation networking architectures and identify future requirements for AI training, large-scale inference, and hyperscale infrastructure deployments
• Coach and enable field teams on technical positioning, competitive differentiation, customer engagement, and industry trends

Global Field CTO

• Lead by example, fostering a culture of accountability, operational excellence, and a customer-first mindset across the organization.
• Attract, build, manage, and develop a high-performing team of talented operations & execution leaders with diverse expertise, perspectives, and backgrounds.
• Develop and implement an operating model and stakeholder engagement model for the newly created CTO Operations organization, serving as the accountable leader and primary interface to stakeholders to translate the company’s business strategy and goals into technology and engineering deliverables, leveraging best-in-class operating models to drive execution and engineering excellence, and surfacing execution insights and constraints to inform ongoing strategic decisions.
• Oversee the organization’s strategy and transformation planning, including execution of the transformation strategy and change management, OKRs, business metrics, analytics and reporting, and the enablement of new engagement models to resolve organizational bottlenecks.
• Lead a central team of Chiefs of Staff delivering proactive executive operation support to engineering leaders across the CTO, Software organization to accelerate execution and improve engineering productivity.
• Oversee central technical program management, driving execution excellence for cross-functional engineering initiatives across the CTO, Software organization.
• Oversee internal and external communications for the CTO, Software organization, including all-hands meetings, employee engagement, and onboarding, acting as the “front door” for key communications for the organization, as well as key external communications and speaking engagements.

Vice President, CTO Operations

• Lead by example, fostering a culture of accountability, operational excellence, and a customer-first mindset across the organization.
• Attract, build, manage, and develop a high-performing team of talented operations & execution leaders with diverse expertise, perspectives, and backgrounds.
• Develop and implement an operating model and stakeholder engagement model for the newly created CTO Operations organization, serving as the accountable leader and primary interface to stakeholders.
• Oversee the organization’s strategy and transformation planning, including execution of the transformation strategy and change management, OKRs, business metrics, analytics and reporting.
• Lead a central team of Chiefs of Staff delivering proactive executive operation support to engineering leaders.
• Oversee central technical program management, driving execution excellence for cross-functional engineering initiatives.
• Oversee internal and external communications for the CTO, Software organization.

• Strategic Technology Leadership for Key Accounts
• Serve as the primary technical liaison for Lambda's strategic Superintelligence accounts
• Cultivate and sustain executive level technical relationships, establishing Lambda as a trusted technology partner and strategic advisor
• Drive multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with customer business objectives and Lambda's product portfolio
• Influence customer technology strategy and adoption at the executive level
• Represent Lambda at executive briefings, board meetings, and strategic planning sessions
• Partner with Global Account teams to drive strategic account growth and expansion
• Lead architectural reviews and technology assessments at the enterprise level
• Define and articulate business value propositions, ROI models, and TCO analyses for executive stakeholders
• Orchestrate cross-functional teams including Solutions Engineers, Forward Deployed Engineers, Professional Services, and Product Management
• Own technical escalations and serve as the Executive Technical Sponsor for critical customer initiatives
• Drive adoption of Lambda's strategic initiatives within key accounts
• Establish yourself as a trusted advisor on AI/ML transformation and cloud strategy
• Guide customers through digital transformation journeys and emerging technology adoption
• Publish thought leadership content, speak at industry events, and represent Lambda in executive forums
• Influence Lambda's product strategy based on strategic customer needs and market trends
• Mentor and develop technical talent across the organization

• AI GTM strategy. Define Avahi's AI/GenAI go-to-market, including which industries, which use cases, which buyer personas, and which AWS services we lead with.
• Customer-facing AI advisory. Be the senior technical voice in our largest enterprise pursuits.
• AWS-facing evangelism. Build deep relationships with AWS solutions architects, partner managers, and AI specialist teams.
• External thought leadership. Author Avahi's AI point of view in long-form (whitepapers, AWS co-authored content), short-form (LinkedIn, conference keynotes), and on stage.
• Solutions Engineering & AI Pre-Sales leadership. Own the team that builds demos, runs POCs, and supports sales technically.
• Demo and reference architecture portfolio. Build a living library of working AI demos and reference architectures that customers and AWS sellers actually want to see.
• Partnership with CTO and CRO. Co-own the seam between platform engineering and revenue execution.

Field CTO, AI

• Identify opportunities to leverage AI tools to improve productivity, reduce manual work, and eliminate friction in daily administrative workflows.
• Serve as the CTO of Software’s primary liaison with executive stakeholders and EAs to facilitate communication, anticipate needs, and manage cross-team meeting scheduling across multiple time zones.
• Partner closely with the Business Operations & Chief of Staff organization and the broader senior EA community to ensure alignment, coordination, and consistent execution of executive priorities across the CTO, Software organization.
• Correspond with internal and external stakeholders on meeting scheduling and administrative matters, consistently maintaining professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Plan complex domestic and international travel (itineraries, visas, ground transportation) and manage changes with minimal disruption.
• Operate with pace, discretion, and strong attention to detail, consistently delivering high-quality work amid ambiguity and tight deadlines.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across administrative and operational processes to create efficiencies and reduce friction within the CTO organization.
• Complete a range of administrative tasks, including maintaining org charts, managing email and messaging distribution lists, handling subscriptions, processing expenses, and ordering supplies and equipment.

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Chief Information Security Officer

Chief Information Officer

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