Chris Diya

CEO

Chicago, Illinois, United States19 yrs 10 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led security initiatives for Google Cloud's AI applications.
Designed innovative solutions for digital asset security.
Recognized expert in cloud and enterprise security.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Security Architect with expertise in AI and digital asset solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud SecurityAi Security

Other Skills

Security ControlsAI BlueprintTrusted Execution EnvironmentsDigital Asset SigningSecurity GuideLinuxWindows 7DNSOS XSMSDisk EncryptionActive DirectoryCCNAMac OS XNetwork Security

Experience

19 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Google

2 roles

Head of Customer Engineering, Financial Services

Promoted

Feb 2026 – Present · 3 mos

Driving innovation within the financial services industry.

Security Architect

Oct 2020 – Feb 2026 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Wrote the security controls for Google Cloud’s Secure AI Blueprint. (https://cloud.google.com/architecture/genai-mlops-blueprint)
Driving the design of Google Cloud’s "attested agent" solution — leveraging trusted execution environments to ensure AI agents are cryptographically verified, tamper-resistant, and trustworthy at runtime.
Co-authored "Securing LLM Applications Using Intent-based Feedback".
Co‑creator of Google Cloud’s MPC‑enabled digital asset signing solution — simplifying custody, improving governance, and retaining end‑user control of private keys for real‑time blockchain transactions. (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-to-secure-digital-assets-with-multi-party-computation-and-confidential-space)
Author of Security Dog, a streamlined, modular security guide that distills hundreds of pages of controls into fundamental, actionable practices—accelerating time to value across teams.

Security ControlsAI BlueprintTrusted Execution EnvironmentsDigital Asset SigningSecurity GuideCloud Security+1

Palo alto networks

Systems Engineer

Apr 2019 – Oct 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

Functioned as a trusted technical advisor, designing and implementing comprehensive security solutions for enterprise customers.
Technical expert across cloud, network and endpoint.
Recognized with multiple awards for outstanding performance, technical excellence, and driving customer success.

Symantec

Systems Engineer

May 2015 – Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Worked closely with EDR and DLP product teams to create solutions that protected Symantec’s strategic global accounts.
Recognized as a key technical subject matter expert across threat prevention and data exfiltration prevention.
Demonstrated deep product knowledge by co-authoring the official certification guide for Symantec's Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) platform.