10 zero trust rollout experts

Experience: NSF Chief Information Security Officer and Division Director, Division of Information Systems · National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF Chief Information Security Officer and Division Director, Division of Information Systems at the National Science Foundation (2018–2024), then Chief Information Security Officer and Director, Division of Security and Operations at NSF (2024–2025). The profile says he spearheaded major NSF projects including the agency's IPv6 transition and Zero Trust Architecture, alongside cybersecurity programs and cloud initiatives in federal environments.

Experience: Senior Director Identity and Zero Trust Services · Johnson Controls

Senior Director Identity and Zero Trust Services at Johnson Controls since 2023, a company the profile describes as providing industrial automation and controls solutions. Before that he held security roles at Textron, including Director Information Technology Security (2021–2023) and Senior Cybersecurity Manager (2018–2021).

Experience: Zero Trust Architect & Program Manager · National Endowment for the Arts

Zero Trust Architect & Program Manager at the National Endowment for the Arts since 2023, after serving as Cybersecurity, Cyber-resilience, Infrastructure, & Operations - Technical Project Manager at the City of Berkeley (2021–2023). In the current role he developed the strategy and approach for implementing Zero Trust, conducted an assessment using CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model (ZTMM) and supports the CISO on long-term technology strategy.

Experience: Cybersecurity Architect · State of Montana

Cybersecurity Architect at the State of Montana since 2021, after serving as Incident Response Technical Security Bureau Chief there (2019–2021). The profile says he works for the state as the Enterprise Cyber Security Architect focusing on driving Zero Trust Architecture change, following roles as a security manager, security analyst, incident responder and forensics examiner.

Experience: Director of Cybersecurity - Identity and Zero Trust · NVIDIA

Director of Cybersecurity - Identity and Zero Trust at NVIDIA since 2025. Before that he was IT Infrastructure Director (2021–2025) and IT Architecture Senior Manager (2016–2021) at Juniper Networks, and the profile mentions certificate and SCEP management and the JAMF Pro management suite.

Experience: Director of Zero Trust Engineering · ManTech

Director of Zero Trust Engineering at ManTech since 2022, after serving as Cyber Security Systems Analyst at Gryphon Technologies, Inc (2019–2022). The profile describes ManTech as a company that specializes in defense and space, intelligence and homeland security, and lists his current role at director level in its engineering and technical department.

Experience: Security Engineering and Architecture Branch Chief · U.S. Department of Education

Security Engineering and Architecture Branch Chief at the U.S. Department of Education since 2018. In that role the profile says he leads multiple critical cybersecurity initiatives, including implementation of Zero Trust Architecture, the Identity Credential Access Management (ICAM) Program and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).

Experience: Senior Manager, Zero Trust Engineering · Cigna Healthcare

Senior Manager, Zero Trust Engineering at Cigna Healthcare since 2026, alongside the role of Sr. Manager, Infrastructure Engineering there since 2022. The profile says this role oversees Cigna's Zero Trust infrastructure, anchored by a $53M Zscaler program that delivers secure access and protection for approximately 100,000 employees worldwide.

Experience: Senior Security Engineer · VS&Co

Senior Security Engineer at VS&Co since 2022, after serving as Senior Security Analyst at FIS (2019–2022) and Network Security Analyst at Dimension Data (2018–2019). The profile describes instituting posture-based access controls to enforce Zero Trust principles across hybrid and remote workforces, and tuning Cloudflare WAF policies to mitigate OWASP Top 10 threats.

Experience: FDIC Zero Trust program manager lead · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

FDIC Zero Trust program manager lead at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) since 2022. He was previously Enterprise Architect (2020–2021) and Network Architect (2015–2020) at MITRE, and the profile lists skills in information assurance, information security and network administration.