Brian Johnson

Co-Founder

Menlo Park, California, United States20 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of leadership experience in cybersecurity.
CISO for major companies including Lending Club and Upwork.
Active advisor and mentor to Silicon Valley startups.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in enterprise security and risk management.

Contact

Skills

Other Skills

Cloud ComputingInformation SecuritySecurityStart-upsIT ManagementNetwork ArchitectureNetworkingSaaSNetwork SecuritySecurity Architecture DesignTCP/IPSwitchesVPNIDSDisaster Recovery

About

Brian brings more than 20 years of experience in leadership, founding, and building to his role as Co-founder and General Partner at Crucyble. Previously, Brian was CISO at Lending Club (LC), CISO Upwork (UPWK) and has held leadership positions at Netflix (NFLX) and ForeScout (FSCT). Brian has helped design, build and secure systems for the US Department of Defense, Global Finance, and Technology companies at scale. He has enjoyed speaking on innovation and maturing security organizations at the RSA Conference and National Press Club. Brian is regularly asked to speak at security conferences, as well as, brief Board of Directors and Executive Management teams. Brian has worked with Federal Agencies and Policy Advisors to influence actionable change in national security policy. Brian is an active advisor and mentor to several startups and founders in Silicon Valley

Experience

20 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

7 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Armorblox

2 roles

Chief Security Officer

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Acquired by Cisco

Advisor

Jun 2017 – Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Svci - silicon valley ciso investments

Investor

Dec 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 6 mos · SF Bay Area

Upwork

CISO

Jul 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · SF Bay Area

Yl ventures

Venture Advisor

Aug 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Crucyble

Managing Partner

Jul 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 11 mos · Menlo Park, CA

Lendingclub

CISO

Apr 2015 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Center for strategic and international studies (csis)

Cybersecurity Policy Task Force Member

May 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

CSIS began work in late 2014 with leading experts to develop recommendations on cybersecurity for the next presidential administration. The goals of the Task Force recommendations for the next administration’s cybersecurity efforts were: to create a secure and stable digital environment that supports continued economic growth while protecting personal freedoms and national security. The requirements to achieve these goals were: central direction and leadership from the White House to create and implement a comprehensive and coordinated approach, since cybersecurity cuts across the mission of many different agencies.