Summary
Devin Ertel is a seasoned cybersecurity executive and current Chief Information Security Officer with over two decades of experience leading security programs across FinTech, SaaS, and federal sectors. He has led security strategy and incident response at companies including Moloco, Menlo Security, Blackhawk Network, Guidebook, and Mandiant, and served as an advisor to venture firms and industry governing bodies. Known for bridging technical depth with board-level risk communication, he has hands-on experience in threat modeling, red teaming, NIST and regulatory compliance, and large-scale program building. Devin’s federal background includes national-security work for the Federal Reserve and Treasury, giving him uncommon experience aligning government-class controls with commercial agility. He is also an industry speaker and mentor who cultivates security culture and product-focused engineering partnerships. Based in San Francisco, he combines practitioner roots in penetration testing and consulting with strategic leadership that scales mature security practices across global organizations.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's MIS, Bachelor's MIS at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee