James Arlen
Apr 2019 - Dec 2019 9 Mos @Salesforce
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WORK HISTORY
Apr 2019 - Dec 2019 9 Mos @Salesforce
EDUCATION
Wilfrid Laurier University
N/A, CICA Prep
Sheridan College
Diploma, Media Arts
SKILLS
ABOUT JAMES ARLEN
I’ve been working since my first newspaper route at age seven. Thirty-plus years later, I’ve learned that the secret to high-stakes security isn\'t just about the tech—it’s about being deliberate and precise.Most recently, I spent 5.5 years as the CISO at Aiven, where I had the privilege of scaling the security function as the company grew from $20M to $109M in ARR. My career has taken me from the trenches of hacking and \"blinky lights\" to the boardrooms of Fortune 500s, publicly traded financial institutions, and major utilities.I’m a CISO who still identifies as a geek. I’ve led multi-year organizational shifts, contributed to the Cloud Security Alliance (Lead Author, Guidance V4), and analyzed the industry for Securosis and Liquidmatrix.Currently: I am taking an intentional sabbatical to focus on my family and recharge my batteries after a lifetime of 24/7 uptime. I’m not retiring; I’m reloading.Expertise:* Hyper-growth security scaling ($20M → $100M+)* Cloud Security Architecture & Standards* Organizational Change & Leadership* Telling the \"Security Story\" to Boards and Stakeholders
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