Electronics manufacturers sit at the heart of modern supply chains, and their intellectual property, factories, and global operations make them prime targets. The six CISOs below protect some of the most important names in the industry, from chip design to industrial devices and components. Their backgrounds range widely. One served as an information security officer for the Air Force fighter wing supporting the F-117 program. Another trained and helped commission 126 Army officers while building a global security program. Others spent more than two decades with one company, rose from distinguished technologist to CISO, and moved into security after 18 years running telecommunications for a financial firm.
Jason Callahan – CISO, Lam Research
Jason Callahan began as an information security officer in the U.S. Air Force, supporting the 49th Fighter Wing and the F-117 program, and has held the CISSP since 2001. A two-time entrepreneur, he ran his own information security firm for six years before spending nearly nine years at Amgen in leading roles across information security and infrastructure. He went on to lead technology operations and information security as SVP at Fairfield County Bank. At Illumina he served as CISO for six years, responsible for physical, cyber, compliance, and regulatory security, and also became global head of IT infrastructure and operations, overseeing cloud, high performance computing, and global networking. Callahan became CISO of Lam Research in April 2020. He has served on the board of the San Diego CISO Round Table since 2016, a group that has grown from 15 members to more than 110 and meets eight times a year.
Viswa Vinnakota – Corporate VP & CISO, AMD
Viswa Vinnakota started as a software engineer at Applabs Technologies and worked as a senior research engineer at Computer Associates. He spent more than five years in cybersecurity at Deloitte and nearly five as a distinguished technologist at HP in Austin. As VP and CISO of Xerox for four years, he led security transformations that reached the board. Vinnakota became corporate VP and CISO of AMD in July 2024. Over his career he has built security products, conducted research, tested defenses by breaking into systems, and led incident response, and he focuses on security maturity that fits the business rather than an ideal-world roadmap.
Brad Skibitzki – CISO, Zebra Technologies
Brad Skibitzki spent six years as a senior consultant at Capgemini in Chicago before joining Zebra Technologies in 2004 as director of information systems. A member of Zebra’s IT leadership team in Lincolnshire, Illinois, for more than two decades, he became the company’s CISO in April 2019. Skibitzki was a global finalist in the CISO category at the 2026 ChicagoCISO ORBIE Awards.
Samer Mansour – VP & CISO, Panasonic North America
Samer Mansour served as a site lead at Cendant before spending six years at IBM, managing operations services for Alcatel-Lucent across North America, leading projects, and working as a security architect. He joined Panasonic North America in 2012 as a senior IT security manager and has spent nearly 15 years with the company, moving through senior IT security and risk manager, group manager for cybersecurity and risk management, and director of cybersecurity architecture and engineering. Mansour became VP and CISO in March 2022.
Zack Moody – Global CISO, KYOCERA AVX
Zack Moody started as a network security engineer operating secure networks for Department of Defense customers and held a Top Secret clearance. He worked in information security at Blackbaud, conducted penetration tests and security evaluations at Palmetto Technology Group, and managed identity and access security for more than 15,000 employees at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, implementing multi-factor and biometric authentication. Moody joined KYOCERA AVX in 2017 and built its security program from the ground up, covering 33 manufacturing sites, 26 R&D and sales offices, more than 16,000 employees, and 19 data centers. He also served 22 years in the U.S. Army and Army National Guard, retiring in 2024. As senior platoon trainer NCO at Officer Candidate School, he helped train and commission 126 officers and served as battalion senior NCO for six courses, supervising 54 staff and more than 800 students. He is a member of the FBI’s Domestic Security Alliance Council.
Lauren Delaney – CISO, Delta Electronics Mfg. Corp.
Lauren Delaney spent nearly 18 years as telecommunications manager at Commonwealth Financial Network in Waltham, Massachusetts, overseeing enterprise communication systems and infrastructure. She became CISO of Delta Electronics Mfg. Corp., a third-generation family business in electronics manufacturing, in January 2020, leading its information security strategy and protecting its critical infrastructure. Delaney holds an MBA from UMass Lowell and a bachelor’s degree in computer and information sciences from Bentley University.
Protecting What Powers Everything
These six CISOs show the range of experience electronics manufacturing security draws on. Callahan and Moody brought military backgrounds into global security programs, and Vinnakota carried a researcher’s and engineer’s instincts to the top seat at AMD. Skibitzki and Mansour grew into the role over long careers inside Zebra and Panasonic, while Delaney moved from telecommunications into leading security for a family-owned manufacturer. As the products these companies build become more central to every other industry, their security leaders protect far more than their own organizations.
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John Kevin Hao is a news and feature writer covering cybersecurity, technology, and business targeted for professional audiences.