10 Johnson Controls security leaders
David Ginn, CISO at Johnson Controls, heads this list of Johnson Controls security leaders, who hold or have held leadership roles in information security, product security, identity and zero trust, supply chain cybersecurity and offensive security. A reader can learn how security leaders work at Johnson Controls from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Anantharaman Iyer
LinkedInExperience: Offensive Security Head - Global CyberSecurity (GCS) · Johnson Controls
Anantharaman Iyer has been Offensive Security Head - Global CyberSecurity (GCS) at Johnson Controls since February 2019, based in Pune, India. Anantharaman Iyer was Application Security Services Lead - Testing GSL at Capgemini from 2008 to 2019, Assistant Manager at Nucleus Software from 2006 to 2008 and Senior Infosec Consultant at Network Security Solutions Ltd. from 2002 to 2005.
David Ginn
LinkedInExperience: CISO · Johnson Controls
David Ginn has been CISO at Johnson Controls since November 2023, based in Keller, Texas. David Ginn was VP IT Enterprise Data, Planning & Architecture at Johnson Controls from 2022 to 2023, Sr. Director IT Architecture and Strategy in 2022, Director IT, Business Partner at Bell Flight from 2018 to 2022 and Director IT, Architecture at Textron from 2013 to 2018.
Dwayne Cyr
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Identity and Zero Trust Services · Johnson Controls
Dwayne Cyr has been Senior Director Identity and Zero Trust Services at Johnson Controls since April 2023, based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Dwayne Cyr was Director Information Technology Security at Textron from 2021 to 2023, Senior Cybersecurity Manager at Textron from 2018 to 2021 and Manager - Advanced Threats and Response at Textron from 2015 to 2018.
Francisco Vaucher
LinkedInExperience: Senior Global Director Information Security · Johnson Controls
Francisco Vaucher was Senior Global Director Information Security at Johnson Controls from September 2019 to January 2022, based in Mexico. Francisco Vaucher was Information Security Leader Latin America at Johnson Controls from 2016 to 2019, IT Director at Tyco from 2013 to 2016 and Information Security & Networks Chief at Tyco Latin America from 2005 to 2006.
Jason Christman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Chief Product Security Officer (CISO) · Johnson Controls
Jason Christman was Vice President, Chief Product Security Officer (CISO) at Johnson Controls from April 2018 to October 2023 and Chief Product Security Officer (CISO) at Honeywell Technologies from 2016 to 2018. Jason Christman has been Brigadier General, 16th Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) at United States Air Force since November 2025 and Director, Defense Critical Infrastructure at DoD Cyber Defense Command since September 2026.
John Jilek
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Security Engineering · Johnson Controls
John Jilek has been Director, Product Security Engineering at Johnson Controls since October 2021, based in the Milwaukee area. John Jilek was Lead Security Architect, Product Security Leader at Johnson Controls from 2017 to 2021, Lead Staff Engineer in 2017, Senior Staff Engineer from 2014 to 2017 and Staff Engineer from 2009 to 2014.
Nancy Jordan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Global Product Security & Enterprise Vulnerability Management · Johnson Controls
Nancy Jordan has been Director of Global Product Security & Enterprise Vulnerability Management at Johnson Controls since August 2024, based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was Director of Cyber Transformation there in 2024. Nancy Jordan was Director, Cyber Security at Blackbaud from 2023 to 2024, Senior Manager, Cyber Security at Blackbaud from 2021 to 2023 and Manager of Information Security, Incident Response, GRC, & PMO at Dillard's from 2015 to 2021.
Phillip Bafunno
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Secure Service · Johnson Controls
Phillip Bafunno was Director, Product Secure Service at Johnson Controls from October 2023 to July 2024 and Director, Product Security Operations from 2022 to 2023, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Phillip Bafunno has been Director - Governance, Risk & Program Management at Constellation Brands since January 2025 and was Director, Information Security Program at Constellation Brands from 2024 to 2025.
Shafia Zubair
LinkedInExperience: Director, Supply Chain Cybersecurity · Johnson Controls
Shafia Zubair has been Director, Supply Chain Cybersecurity at Johnson Controls since January 2022, based in Chicago, Illinois. Shafia Zubair has also been President - AI Affiliate at Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) AI Affiliate since 2024 and Adjunct Instructor - Cybersecurity, AI and Risk at Loyola University Chicago Computer Science since 2025, and was President - Chicago Affiliate at Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) from 2020 to 2024.
Suresh Mothikuru
LinkedInExperience: Global Vice President - I&O, SRE, Arch/AI, Cyber Security, Global Delivery/Customer Success · Johnson Controls
Suresh Mothikuru has been Global Vice President - I&O, SRE, Arch/AI, Cyber Security, Global Delivery/Customer Success at Johnson Controls since March 2023 and was Vice President - Technology, I&O, Platform Engineering & Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Johnson Controls from 2021 to 2023. Suresh Mothikuru was Head of CloudOps, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps Tooling, Automation & Engineering Services at Caterpillar Inc. from 2018 to 2021 and Chief Architect - Corporate Applications & Architecture at Caterpillar Inc. from 2015 to 2018.
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- 01What did you change first when you took on your security role, and why?
- 02How do you decide which security work to run centrally and which to hand to product or business teams?
- 03What has your own work taught you about managing cyber risk from suppliers and partners?
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