Ryan Larsen
Vice President, Global IT Security @Olympus Corporation
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President, Global IT Security @Olympus Corporation
Hamburg, DE
Reporting directly to the Global CIO, I lead enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategy, risk governance, and secure digital transformation across IT, OT, and R&D environments supporting employees worldwide.Key Achievements & Responsibilities: • Led a global security transformation. Designed and executed a multi-year roadmap to mature cybersecurity capabilities across Olympus. • Built and scaled a global organization. Managing a 36-member team across security governance, operations, architecture, and risk. • Established executive-level visibility. Introduced board-ready KPIs, dashboards, and risk reporting frameworks to inform strategic decision-making. • Embedded secure innovation. Partnered with R&D, cloud, and regulatory teams to integrate secure-by-design principles into med-tech product development and digital health initiatives. • Strengthened global resilience. Enhanced incident response, third-party risk, and business continuity frameworks across diverse operations.
EDUCATION
University of Arizona
Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity
University of Arizona
Bachelor of Arts - BA, History
University of Arizona
Graduate Certificate, Enterprise Security
ABOUT RYAN LARSEN
I am a global cybersecurity executive focused on strengthening enterprise resilience in complex, highly regulated environments.As Vice President, Global IT Security at Olympus Corporation, I lead enterprise-wide cybersecurity strategy, risk governance, and digital resilience across IT, operational technology, and R&D environments supporting more than employees worldwide. My mandate is to enable innovation at scale while ensuring accountability, transparency, and operational continuity.At Olympus, I am guiding a multi-year transformation to unify historically fragmented regional capabilities into a coherent global operating model. This includes strengthening identity as a foundational control plane, embedding secure-by-design principles into product and cloud innovation, and providing executive leadership with clear visibility into risk to support deliberate strategic decisions.Previously, I served as Chief Information Security Officer for U.S. Africa Command, overseeing security architecture and risk governance across three continents in mission-critical environments. Earlier, as a U.S. Marine Corps Officer, I directed large-scale cybersecurity and communications operations across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, where resilience and accountability were operational imperatives.Across sectors, my focus remains consistent: aligning cybersecurity with enterprise strategy, strengthening governance clarity, and building high-performing global teams capable of delivering trust as a durable strategic advantage.
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