Sean Herron
Chief Information Security Officer
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolSean Herron is a seasoned security and engineering leader with 12 years of experience, now serving as Chief Information Security Officer at Samsara where he leads a 50-person global security organization protecting IoT products and customer data. He progressed through multiple senior security engineering roles at Samsara after prior leadership positions at Slack and Planet, where he drove large-scale cloud migrations, acquisitions integration, and enterprise security programs tied to IPO readiness. Known for bridging technical teams and executive stakeholders, Sean has briefed boards, led pre-IPO diligence, and built distributed engineering organizations across continents. He also brings public-sector and civic technology experience from roles at 18F, NASA, and as a Presidential Innovation Fellow, where he helped launch open data platforms like openFDA. Outside of tech, he co-owns Hawk Hill Farm, reflecting a commitment to regenerative agriculture and practical, systems-thinking beyond security. Based in Berkeley, Sean combines hands-on infrastructure and incident response experience with strategic governance and a track record of reinforcing customer trust.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Management and Leadership, Management and Leadership at MIT Sloan School of ManagementBachelor of Arts - BA Public Affairs, Bachelor of Arts - BA Public Affairs at Syracuse University - Maxwell SchoolChief Information Security Officer Certificate Program, Chief Information Security Officer Certificate Program at Carnegie Mellon UniversityGlobal Enterprise Technology, Global Enterprise Technology at Syracuse University School of Information Studies
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Github Skills (88)
laravel9
terraform9
aws9
status-page9
php9
active9
graph9
composer8
web-application8
terraform-provider8
forum8
testing7
django7
terraform-module7
javascript7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
forumone/peace-corps-infrastructure
Oct 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:1 release, 43 commits, 13 PRs in 4 months
seanherron/peacecorps-site
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:49 pushes, 33 branches in 3 months
placethinkpeace
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