10 Illumina security leaders
Chief information security officer, chief product security officer, senior director and associate director are among the current titles held by these ten Illumina security leaders, whose work spans security operations, risk and compliance, architecture and insider threat. A reader can learn how security leaders work at Illumina from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Erik Kubatzke
LinkedInExperience: Associate Director of Insider Threat and Vulnerability Management · Illumina
Erik Kubatzke has been Associate Director of Insider Threat and Vulnerability Management at Illumina since January 2025. Erik Kubatzke was Insider Threat Program Manager at NextEra Energy, Inc. from 2020 to 2025 and Company Commander in the US Army from 2018 to 2020.
Gourav Chakraborty
LinkedInExperience: Associate Director - IT Security, Risk & Compliance · Illumina
Gourav Chakraborty has been Associate Director - IT Security, Risk & Compliance at Illumina since August 2025. Gourav Chakraborty was Information Security Manager at Teradata from 2019 to 2025, Information Technology Security Specialist at Accenture from 2012 to 2019 and Incident Manager at Unisys from 2008 to 2012.
Jason Banthrum
LinkedInExperience: Assoc Director, Application Security & Compliance · Illumina
Jason Banthrum has been Assoc Director, Application Security & Compliance at Illumina since October 2020 and was Senior Manager Application Security and Control there from 2016 to 2020. Jason Banthrum was Mgr- Information Technology - Compliance at HD Supply from 2012 to 2015 and Lead Basis Administrator at HD Supply from 2008 to 2011.
Kevin Livelsberger
LinkedInExperience: Director Information Technology Security · Illumina
Kevin Livelsberger was Director Information Technology Security at Illumina from April 2023 to October 2025, and the listing also shows the title Associate Director, IT Security, Risk & Complaince there for the same period. Kevin Livelsberger has been Sr. Director, IT Security Risk and Compliance at Northwell Health since November 2025.
Layla Wall
LinkedInExperience: Senior Staff Manager Director, Threat & Vulnerability Management · Illumina
Layla Wall was Senior Staff Manager Director, Threat & Vulnerability Management at Illumina from December 2021 to March 2025. Layla Wall has been Director of Attack Surface Reduction at Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. since March 2025 and was Vulnerability & Threat Intelligence Program Manager Director at Smartsheet in 2021.
Michael Mitchell
LinkedInExperience: VP, Chief Information Security Officer · Illumina
Michael Mitchell has been VP, Chief Information Security Officer at Illumina since July 2020. Michael Mitchell was VP, Chief Information Security Officer at HireRight from 2018 to 2020, Information Security Risk Officer at PayPal from 2015 to 2018 and VP, Global Information Security, Compliance & Risk Management at American Express from 2013 to 2015.
Nicholas Zaky
LinkedInExperience: Director, Security Operations · Illumina
Nicholas Zaky has been Director, Security Operations at Illumina since March 2021, and the profile headline reads Sr. Director, Security Operations at Illumina. Nicholas Zaky was Senior Director of Information Security Operations at PVH Corp. from 2017 to 2021 and VP - IT Security at CIT from 2012 to 2017.
Oleg Yusim
LinkedInExperience: VP, Chief Product Security Officer · Illumina
Oleg Yusim has been VP, Chief Product Security Officer at Illumina since January 2024. Oleg Yusim was Sr. Director, Product Security - IT at Edwards Lifesciences from 2018 to 2024 and Lead Cybersecurity Architect at Baxter International Inc. from 2016 to 2018, and has been a Member of the Board of Advisors for a university cybersecurity master's program since 2026.
Praveen Pannala
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Information Security Risk & Compliance · Illumina
Praveen Pannala has been Sr. Director, Information Security Risk & Compliance at Illumina since May 2025 and was Director - IT Risk & Compliance at Illumina from 2019 to 2025. The profile says Praveen Pannala leads Illumina's IT security, governance, risk and compliance operations, and Praveen Pannala was Associate Director - IT Compliance there from 2015 to 2019.
Vivek Malhotra, CISSP
LinkedInExperience: Associate Director-Information Security (Architecture & Engineering ) · Illumina
Vivek Malhotra has been Associate Director-Information Security (Architecture & Engineering ) at Illumina since January 2026. Vivek Malhotra was Lead Manager - Information Security at EdgeVerve from 2018 to 2025, Lead Consultant Manager at BT Group from 2016 to 2018 and Senior Network Security Consultant at Brocade from 2011 to 2016.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What took most of your time in your security role, and how did you decide what to handle yourself?
- 02How did you decide which security risks to work on first when several needed attention at once?
- 03What did you learn in earlier roles that changed how you approach your security work?
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