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San Francisco Bay Area

As a senior leader within Intel's Office of the CTO, I drove the strategic vision for security technologies across all product lines and business units. My primary focus was building a corporate-wide roadmap that prioritizes Confidential Computing, Confidential AI, and advanced platform security for cutting-edge, disaggregated, heterogeneous, and distributed computing environments, spanning data centers and edge ecosystems.I led a highly skilled team of senior technologists in delivering Intel’s foundational security solutions for server platforms, addressing core aspects such as roots-of-trust, processors, accelerators, and the integrity of supply chain and product life cycles. My team and I focused on trusted execution environments like Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) and Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX), expanding security assurances to modern workloads, including VMs, containers, functions, and Confidential AI workloads. We also extended these capabilities across diverse compute elements such as GPUs, FPGAs, smart NICs, and hierarchical memory systems.In collaboration with global industry leaders in cloud computing, enterprise, OEMs, OSVs, and ISVs, I identified strategic opportunities and tackled emerging security challenges. By partnering with cross-functional teams—ranging from business units to research and engineering—I spearheaded the development of groundbreaking security technologies, including Confidential AI solutions, that will redefine the landscape of next-generation computing.

San Francisco Bay Area

As the founding leader of Visa’s Security Research division, I built and led a world-class team focused on pioneering security innovations in systems security, advanced cryptography, and blockchain technologies. This effort was instrumental in strengthening Visa’s security capabilities during a critical time of digital transformation within the payments industry.Visa Research, established in 2015, aimed to push the boundaries of global payment technologies through applied and fundamental research. In my role, I collaborated closely with Visa’s technology and product teams, global business partners, leading academics, and government entities to explore and develop technologies that shape the future of payments. My work spanned across payment security models, encryption, and blockchain, influencing new security frameworks and enabling innovative payment models used by billions globally.This leadership role provided a unique opportunity to drive impactful security research at the intersection of digital payments, where robust security solutions were essential to addressing emerging business models and user scenarios.

San Francisco Bay Area

As a senior technical executive, I established and led the Chief Technology Office within Cryptography Research, a division of Rambus. I spearheaded the New Product and Technology Development function, driving innovation across a broad spectrum of security technologies. My role focused on defining and delivering next-generation product architectures that spanned from silicon and firmware-based roots-of-trust to enterprise-grade secure provisioning systems for semiconductor and platform manufacturing.In collaboration with Product Management, Marketing, and Engineering, I helped develop breakthrough technologies designed for secure delivery and enablement of platform-based services in cloud environments. These innovations played a key role in enhancing the security of semiconductor products and secure provisioning systems, which became critical to the evolving needs of platform and cloud computing.

Austin, Texas Area

As Senior Fellow and Senior Director of Security Architecture at AMD, I led the company’s Security Architecture organization, defining the security vision and strategy across all products and solutions. I was responsible for the architecture and development of cutting-edge security technologies, driving product roadmaps and execution plans that enabled secure platforms for AMD’s diverse portfolio—from ultra-mobile, low-power client devices to scalable cloud computing servers.In this role, I advised and influenced senior executives, technical leaders, and key customers to ensure AMD products addressed current and future platform security needs. I conducted in-depth security analyses of both existing and future products, identifying potential vulnerabilities and providing guidance to design teams to enhance security robustness.Additionally, I fostered key technology partnerships and led collaborations with industry, academic institutions, and government entities to advance security standards. I also represented AMD in open industry standards development for security-related technologies, working with external technical teams and government bodies to drive impactful advancements in platform security.

Greater New York City Area

As Senior Manager and Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM’s prestigious T. J. Watson Research Center, I led the Systems Solutions and Architecture Department, overseeing multiple teams of research scientists and engineers. My leadership spanned a diverse range of systems technologies, including virtualization, next-generation memory subsystems, stream computing, multimedia, and information theory. I played a key role in driving IBM’s technological innovation in these areas, shaping the future of advanced systems architecture.My individual research focus was systems security, where I also led the Secure Systems Department. In this role, I advanced trusted computing and hardware-based virtualization technologies to strengthen platform security assurances. Notably, I led the team that achieved the world’s first overall Level 4 validation of a cryptographic module (secure coprocessor) under the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS 140), the highest possible level, marking a significant milestone in cryptographic security.

Austin, Texas Area

As a Software Engineer within the Tandem Computers Integrity Systems Division, I developed system software for highly fault-tolerant MIPS-based UNIX SVR4 systems. My work focused on ensuring the reliability and robustness of critical subsystems, essential for maintaining uptime in mission-critical environments. I contributed to the advancement of system software that supported fault tolerance and high availability, addressing the demands of enterprise computing at a time when these technologies were becoming crucial for businesses relying on constant availability.

Austin, Texas Area

I began my career at Motorola in various technical roles while working full-time through school, including technician and operator positions, often on 12-hour night and weekend shifts. Through perseverance and dedication, I transitioned into software engineering, where I developed infrastructure and embedded software for early 68K and 88K real-time systems and single-board computers. My work contributed to the advancement of embedded computing platforms that powered mission-critical applications during the early days of Motorola’s innovations in semiconductor technology.