Summary
Joshua Arvin Lat is a seasoned technology and security leader with 13 years of experience, currently serving as VP of Cybersecurity and AI at Axos after a string of CTO roles across Philippine and Australian tech companies. He blends hands-on engineering—especially AWS serverless and ML—with strategic leadership in digital transformation, product, and security, and has led teams from startup e-commerce to enterprise-grade automation. An AWS Machine Learning Hero and author of multiple books on SageMaker, ML engineering, and cloud security, he brings rare cross-domain expertise that spans penetration testing lab automation to production ML pipelines. Early in his career he led a team to first place in a global cybersecurity research competition, and he continues to present practical strategies on ML, security, and engineering at international conferences. Based in Manila, he pairs academic foundations from the University of the Philippines with a track record of shipping secure, scalable systems and mentoring engineering teams into leadership.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Philippine Science High School Diliman
University of Santo Tomas
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of the Philippines
English, Filipino