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10 Ford security leaders
These ten current and former Ford security leaders have held director-level cybersecurity roles at Ford Motor Company, in areas that include identity and access management, vehicle and connected cybersecurity, security architecture and cybersecurity platform engineering. A reader can learn how security leaders work at Ford from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Aman Singh CISSP, PMP, FSCAE
LinkedInExperience: Director of system safety and cybersecurity · Ford Motor Company
Director of system safety and cybersecurity at Ford Motor Company since 2026, based in Troy, Michigan. Former Head of Product Safety & Cybersecurity-Valeo North America BRAIN Division (2023–2026) and Functional Safety Manager-Comfort and Driving Assistance Group(ADAS)-North America (2018–2023) at Valeo.
Arlen Baker
LinkedInExperience: Director - Security Architecture · Ford Motor Company
Director - Security Architecture at Ford Motor Company since 2024, based in the Phoenix area. Arlen Baker describes more than 20 years architecting and securing mission-critical systems and cloud-native environments. Former Principal Security Architect (2019–2024) and Principal Technologist (2007–2019) at Wind River.
Jason Malarkey
LinkedInExperience: Director of Cybersecurity, Advanced EV Development · Ford Motor Company
Director of Cybersecurity, Advanced EV Development at Ford Motor Company since 2024, with the role listed in Palo Alto at Director level. Former Senior Principal Cybersecurity Engineer at Aptiv (2022–2024), Embedded Software Engineer 5 at Apple (2021–2022) and Lead Engineer at John Deere (2020–2021).
Michael Snyder
LinkedInExperience: Senior Security Director, Identity and Access Management · Ford Motor Company
Senior Security Director, Identity and Access Management at Ford Motor Company since 2026, after Security Director, Identity and Access Management (2021–2026), with ownership of identity and access management services per the profile. Michael Snyder also held Ford roles as Cyber Security Director, Cyber Defense (2018–2019) and Cyber Security Director, In-Vehicle Cyber Security (2017–2018).
Natchi Velusamy
LinkedInExperience: Director, Cybersecurity Platform Engineering · Ford Motor Company
Director, Cybersecurity Platform Engineering at Ford Motor Company since 2023, based in Chennai. Natchi Velusamy also held Ford roles as Senior Product Manager, Azure & GCP Clouds (2021–2023), Delivery Lead, Cloud Automation Services (2020–2021) and Product Manager, Cloud Automation (2018–2020).
Ramaraj Balamurugan
LinkedInExperience: Director - Enterprise Cyber Advisory and Consulting Services · Ford Motor Company
Director - Enterprise Cyber Advisory and Consulting Services at Ford Motor Company since 2022, providing cybersecurity advisory for enterprise assets including modern and legacy applications, cloud-hosted systems and APIs, per the profile. Ramaraj Balamurugan also held Ford roles in Cyber Security - Vehicle and Mobility (2018–2022) and as GAO IT Auditor (2012–2015).
Scott Roundy
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, IT Security & Strategy · Ford Motor Company
Former Director, IT Security & Strategy at Ford Motor Company (2002–2011), listed at Director level, and former Principal Enterprise Architect at Ford (2011–2018). Scott Roundy was also Principal Consultant at Roundy Consulting Services (2000–2002), Senior Consultant at Microsoft (1997–2000) and Senior Software Engineer at IBM (1991–1997).
Shayne Baugher
LinkedInExperience: Director, Offboard Cybersecurity · Ford Motor Company
Director, Offboard Cybersecurity at Ford Motor Company since 2026. As Manager, Product Cybersecurity at Ford (2022–2026), Shayne Baugher says they led a team securing autonomous and electric vehicles and EV charging products. Former In-Vehicle Cybersecurity Engineer at Ford (2021–2022) and Product Manager Security Project Security Manager (2018–2021) and Project Security Manager (2016–2018) at Bosch.
Suresh Dilli
LinkedInExperience: Director, AI Security Modernization · Ford Motor Company
Director, AI Security Modernization at Ford Motor Company since 2026, based in Rochester, Michigan and listed at Director level. Suresh Dilli also held Ford roles as Senior Director Audits - Technology (Global) (2019–2026) and Director, Mobility Solutions IT & Center Head Gurgaon location, India (2016–2019).
Vivek Venkatachalam
LinkedInExperience: Director - Vehicle and Connected Cybersecurity · Ford Motor Company
Director - Vehicle and Connected Cybersecurity at Ford Motor Company since 2025, with the role covering strategic direction and operational management of vehicle and product cybersecurity across the connected vehicle ecosystem, per the profile. Former Manager - Connected Vehicle Product Cybersecurity at CNH (2022–2025).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an automaker split responsibility between enterprise cybersecurity and in-vehicle product cybersecurity?
- 02What does it take to run identity and access management for a global manufacturing company?
- 03How should a security team approach cybersecurity for connected vehicles and off-board services?
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