New York’s software ecosystem spans enterprise SaaS, data platforms, communications infrastructure, and security technology—often built for global customers and operated at always-on scale. Security leaders in this environment sit close to product engineering and platform operations, where decisions about identity, cloud architecture, SDLC controls, and incident response directly shape customer trust. The leaders featured here stand out for building defensible, scalable security programs that support growth, compliance, and resilience across modern software businesses.
Conrad Rushing — Director, Security Engineering, Architecture, and Research, Toast
Conrad Rushing leads Security Engineering, Architecture, and Research at Toast, overseeing security capabilities that support a modern software platform. In his current role, he guides security engineering and architectural direction while contributing to how security is embedded into technology decision-making at scale. His background spans senior engineering leadership roles—including VP of Engineering positions—and hands-on management across high-growth technology organizations, bringing a builder’s perspective to security program execution and platform resilience.
Christopher Chin — Global Chief Information Security Officer, Sinch
Christopher Chin serves as Global Chief Information Security Officer at Sinch, a publicly traded communications platform as a service (CPaaS) provider. He brings leadership experience across information security, product security, advisory services, and consulting, with prior roles that include Head of Information Security and Product Security and cybersecurity advisory leadership. Chin holds multiple certifications (including CISSP, GCFA, CEH, and CIPP/G) and remains active in the Air National Guard supporting AFCYBER and U.S. Cyber Command, reinforcing a deep operational and mission-driven approach to enterprise security leadership.
Theodore Tomita III — Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer, RiskQ
Theodore Tomita III serves as Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer at RiskQ, where he leads technology and cybersecurity strategy with a focus on risk mitigation and data protection. In this role, he has led teams with experience across major financial and technology organizations and implemented vendor management practices to support operational and compliance objectives. With more than 30 years of experience across financial services and military service, Tomita’s leadership blends security execution with technology enablement in environments where resilience and trust are core business requirements.
Andrew Obadiaru — Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Cobalt
Andrew Obadiaru is Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Cobalt, with experience supporting global, fast-paced environments across evolving technology platforms. He is known for aligning security with business objectives and building practical risk mitigation roadmaps through audit leadership and enterprise risk management. His focus areas include cloud and legacy systems security, vendor and third-party risk, and regulatory compliance across frameworks such as SOC 2, SOX, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, and FISMA.
Jonathan Levine — Chief Technology Officer, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer, Intermedia
Jonathan Levine serves as CTO, CIO, and CISO at Intermedia, bringing more than 20 years of experience guiding technology operations through risk-based decision-making and large-scale delivery. His leadership includes improving operational efficiency through infrastructure modernization and driving cross-functional execution across global initiatives. Levine’s work reflects a blend of executive accountability across technology and security—where reliability, performance, and risk management are treated as a single operating mandate.
Christopher Henderson — Chief Information Security Officer, Huntress
Christopher Henderson serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Huntress, where he has progressed through senior leadership roles spanning threat operations and information security. He is recognized for building scalable and engaged security teams and for sustained execution across compliance and operational security priorities, including a track record of exception-free SOC 2 audits. His background includes long-term security leadership experience at Datto, combining operational rigor with business-aligned security enablement.
Thelma Moreno — Chief Information Security Officer, Capsule8
Thelma Moreno serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Capsule8, where she leads security strategy across cloud-native and Linux production environments. Her scope includes security architecture, risk management, compliance, and team leadership, with a focus on strengthening detection and response capabilities aligned to business growth. With more than 15 years of experience and prior work embedding security into development lifecycles and vulnerability management, Moreno is known for building security programs that operate effectively in modern engineering-driven organizations.
Building Trust in New York’s Software Economy
Software companies carry a unique version of cybersecurity responsibility: protecting their own enterprise while also protecting customer environments through product security, platform reliability, and resilient engineering practices. New York’s software security leaders operate where growth, uptime, and trust intersect—translating security requirements into real-world controls across cloud infrastructure, development pipelines, and global operations.
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