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10 General Motors security leaders
These ten current and former General Motors security leaders have held director-level and head-of cybersecurity roles at General Motors. A reader can learn how security leaders work at General Motors from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Bamm (Robert) Visscher
LinkedInExperience: Director Cyber Defense · General Motors
Director Cyber Defense at General Motors since 2022. The profile also lists Manager, Cyber Defense Incident Response Team at GM since 2013, leading a team of incident handlers and incident coordinators; other roles shown are Director, CIRT (2011–2013) and Lead Information Security Incident Handler (2008–2011) at GE.
Chris Valasek
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Director, Product Cybersecurity · General Motors
Former Sr. Director, Product Cybersecurity at General Motors (2025–2026), a role the profile describes as covering cybersecurity of all GM vehicles. Other roles shown are Sr. Director Cybersecurity (2024–2025), Sr. Director of Product Security (2023–2024) and Director of Product Security (2020–2023) at Cruise; now VP Security Engineering at hims & hers since 2026.
Darin Pitts
LinkedInExperience: Information Security & Risk Management, Director - Cyber Protect & Prevent · General Motors
Information Security & Risk Management, Director - Cyber Protect & Prevent at General Motors since October 2024; the profile headline cites enterprise and manufacturing cyber resilience across IT and OT assets at more than 130 sites. Other GM roles shown are Manufacturing Cyber Security Program Leader (2023–2024) and GMIT Manufacturing IT Cyber Security Senior Manager (2017–2022).
Joseph Feather
LinkedInExperience: Head of Cloud Security · General Motors
Head of Cloud Security at General Motors since December 2022. Other GM roles shown are Head of Vulnerability Management (2020–2022), Security Engineer (2015–2020) and Cyber Defense Event Analyst (2013–2015); the profile describes a background in network security, vulnerability management and security-centric software.
Kevin Baltes
LinkedInExperience: Former Director - Product Cybersecurity · General Motors
Former Director - Product Cybersecurity at General Motors (2015–2023). Other GM roles shown are Senior Manager - Connected Systems and Vehicle Services Cybersecurity (2014–2015) and Engineering Group Manager - Vehicle Cybersecurity (2011–2014); now Director of Product Security at Honeywell Technologies since 2025.
Mark Stanislav, PhD
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Product Cyber Security · General Motors
Executive Director, Product Cyber Security at General Motors since April 2026. Other roles shown are VP, Security Engineering & GRC (2022–2026) and VP, Product Security (2022) at Fullstory, and VP, Information Security (2021–2022) and Director, Security Engineering (2021) at Gemini.
Michele Brown
LinkedInExperience: Director - Cybersecurity Governance Risk & Compliance · General Motors
Director - Cybersecurity Governance Risk & Compliance at General Motors since June 2023. Other GM roles shown are Director, Third Party Cybersecurity (2017–2023), described in the profile as responsible for improving the security posture of GM's third-party ecosystem, and Sr. Manager - IT Controls Assurance (2012–2022).
Peter Wyatt
LinkedInExperience: Former Director, Information Security and Risk Management at General Motors · General Motors
Former Director, Information Security and Risk Management at General Motors (2023–2026), and also Director, Global Telecommunications and Client Engineering at GM (2025–2026). Other GM roles shown are Senior Director, Information Technology (2019–2023) and Global Director – Data Analytics, Industrial Cyber Security & Architecture (2016–2019); now Chief Delivery Officer at Cubic³.
Randy Sanovic
LinkedInExperience: Former General Director - Information Security · General Motors
Former General Director - Information Security at General Motors (1997–2009), where the profile says Randy Sanovic developed security programs, policy and staffing. Another role shown is Director - Information Security at United Heathcare (1996–1997); owner of RNS Consulting - IT Security Assurance since 2009.
Robert Pasternak
LinkedInExperience: Global Director Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Compliance and Infrastructure Operations · General Motors
Global Director Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Compliance and Infrastructure Operations at General Motors since October 2019. Other GM roles shown are Global Director Infrastructure Cybersecurity and Compliance (2018–2019), Global Director Infrastructure Engineering (2013–2017) and Global Director Application Architecture (2012–2013).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an automaker split cybersecurity responsibility between enterprise IT, plants and vehicles?
- 02How do automotive security teams protect manufacturing systems and plant networks?
- 03How does a large manufacturer manage cybersecurity risk from its third-party suppliers?
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