Summary
Aaron Katz is a seasoned information security leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling cyber defense programs for high-stakes organizations, currently leading security-driven infrastructure at The TCW Group and teaching blockchain and DeFi at Harvard Extension School. He has a track record as CISO at top firms including Soros Fund Management and Genesis, where he stood up SOC operations, drove NIST-aligned remediation, and led cybersecurity due diligence for investments. Equally comfortable with strategy and hands-on execution, Aaron has designed enterprise architecture, incident response playbooks, and custom tooling such as Active Directory audit dashboards to improve visibility. He frequently liaises with law enforcement and public/private partners to enhance threat intelligence sharing, and brings budget optimization experience from managing multimillion-dollar programs. His background in business information systems paired with classical studies gives him a pragmatic, analytical approach to complex risk problems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems and Classical Languages & Literatures, Bachelor of Science, Business Information Systems and Classical Languages & Literatures at University of Maryland
English