Security Nomad | Field CISO | Startup Ally
Building practical, developer-aligned security for fast-moving teams.
- 🔒 Secure-by-Default Systems — guardrails in Git, not gatekeepers in suits.
- 🤖 AI + Agentic Security — exploring how LLMs reshape both attacks and defenses.
- ☁️ Cloud-Native Security — Kubernetes, Zero Trust, and identity-first architectures.
- 🎤 Global Security Culture — Studying patterns that transcend technology
- Cloud Native CISO — A platform helping startups bake in practical cloud & AI-native security.
- Secure-by-Default Starter v1.0.0 — GitHub template repo for startups to ship security with their first commit.
- AI Security Labs — hands-on experiments combining GitOps, LLMOps, and modern security tooling.
I’ve led security in boardrooms, data centers, and startups just trying to get their first enterprise customer.
At Duo Security (Cisco), I helped launch the APJC region — guiding execs and engineers through Zero Trust adoption before it had a playbook.
Then I traded suits for a backpack — three years, 12 countries, and a crash course in how different cultures build trust. That perspective now shapes how I architect security for distributed teams and AI-native startups shipping at breakneck speed.
Today I run Cloud Native CISO — helping small teams bake security into how they build, from the very first commit.
- 🎤 Speaker & evangelist on cloud + AI-native security
- 🔒 CISSP, CCSP, AWS SA Pro, ISSAP, Kubestronaut
- 🌍 Based anywhere with WiFi (previously Singapore, Melbourne, Tokyo, San Francisco)
⭐️ If you’re building ambitious products and believe security should be leverage, not liability — let’s talk.