Cybersecurity Leaders to Watch in California’s Software Industry California’s software industry remains one of the most influential centers of cybersecurity leadership anywhere in the world. The executives in this feature are leading security programs inside companies that shape identity, data movement, collaboration, travel, compliance, enterprise software, and cloud platforms at global scale. Their backgrounds span product security, engineering, cloud security, compliance, crisis response, privacy, identity, and large enterprise transformation. David Bradbury — Chief Security Officer, Okta David Bradbury is executive vice president and chief security officer at Okta, where he leads overall security execution for the organization and helps guide customers as they accelerate zero trust strategies. He has held the role since 2020, following senior security leadership positions at Symantec, Commonwealth Bank, NBN Co, MSCI, Barclays Capital, ABN AMRO, and IBM. His career spans global banking and enterprise technology, with experience across cyber security operations, identity and access, information risk, and large-scale security leadership. Earlier in his career, he also worked as a software engineer at eBay. Tom Conklin — Chief Information Security Officer, Fivetran Tom Conklin is chief information security officer at Fivetran, where he leads global security and compliance. His background is rooted in building and scaling security programs for SaaS companies, with experience across cloud security, privacy, compliance, and enterprise customer assurance. Before joining Fivetran in 2020, he served as chief information security officer at Druva and held senior security and compliance leadership roles at Vera Security, where he built the security program from the ground up for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and Privacy Shield. Earlier roles at Zuora, Xoom, and Frank Rimerman + Co. added deep experience in audits, internal controls, disaster recovery testing, compliance certifications, and security program development. Kyle Randolph — Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Engineering, Verkada