Summary
Ryan Crum is a seasoned cybersecurity and technology risk leader with 11+ years in senior roles across major financial institutions and private equity, now serving as a Partner at ClearSky. He built and scaled enterprise security programs and a portfolio managed services model at Apollo overseeing $100M+ budgets and 250 people, and previously led IT risk transformations at TIAA and JPMorgan. His strengths blend governance, incident and crisis response, and security engineering with a pragmatic focus on enabling business outcomes and driving post-acquisition value for portfolio companies. Ryan has deep regulatory experience across SEC, FINRA and federal banking bodies and a track record of resolving high-stakes regulatory findings and consent orders. Notably, he has bridged investment decision-making and operational security by leading cybersecurity due diligence on acquisitions and embedding security services into affiliate portfolios.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science and Business Administration (BSBA), Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Science and Business Administration (BSBA), Management Information Systems at Northeastern University