Michael Johnson
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Enterprise Cyber Risk Management
View LinkedIn ProfileExecutive Overview
• Strategically focused, results-driven senior executive with 30 years professional experience leading cyber, information technology, and digital transformation in large, complex, and dynamic information-intensive global enterprises. • Demonstrated commercial industry, US Government, and research laboratory success as both a technical CIO and CISO leading agile software systems development and computation, offensive and defensive cyber portfolios, privacy, national policy and strategy formulation, with operations management experience overseeing large-scale information technology, enterprise architecture, and cybersecurity. • The last 20 plus years in executive leadership roles with accountability for $300M+ operating budget, multibillion-dollar oversight and execution budget, and 1,200+ organization personnel management. • Repeated success in leading transformational change, with a strong reputation for execution and enabling business and mission objectives. • Experienced leading privacy programs, having twice previously served as a Federal privacy official. • Seamlessly partners with industry, academia, and government. • Extensive for-profit and non-profit Board of Directors experience, including Risk Committee leadership. • Recognized for deep and effective collaboration across business partners, legal, finance, human resources, risk, audit, and with regulators. • A passion for diversity and inclusion, having repeatedly built the most diverse and highly effective leadership teams in both industry and government.
Career Timeline
- NisosCurrentApr 2023–Present· 3 yrs 5 mos
- Member, Advisory BoardCurrentApr 2023–Present
- Safe SecurityCurrentNov 2021–Present· 4 yrs 10 mos
- Board MemberCurrentNov 2021–Present
- May 2021–Aug 2025· 4 yrs 3 mos
- Chief Information Security Officer, Meta Financial TechnologiesMay 2021–Aug 2025
- Nov 2018–Jul 2023· 4 yrs 8 mos
- Member, Board of DirectorsNov 2018–Jul 2023
- Jul 2017–Aug 2021· 4 yrs 1 mo
- Board Member, Risk Committee ChairJul 2017–Aug 2021
- Mar 2017–May 2021· 4 yrs 2 mos
- Senior Strategic Advisor, CybersecurityMar 2020–May 2021
- Senior Vice President, CybersecurityNov 2019–Feb 2020
- Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Mar 2017–Nov 2019
- Dec 2016–Mar 2017· 3 mos
- VP CybersecurityDec 2016–Mar 2017
- Mar 2015–Dec 2016· 1 yr 9 mos
- Chief Information OfficerMar 2015–Dec 2016
- Jul 2013–Mar 2015· 1 yr 8 mos
- Assistant Director for Intelligence Programs and National Security SystemsJul 2013–Mar 2015
- Aug 2010–Jul 2013· 2 yrs 11 mos
- Chief Scientist, Office of Intelligence & AnalysisAug 2010–Jul 2013
- Nov 2006–Jun 2009· 2 yrs 7 mos
- Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence for Information SharingNov 2006–Jun 2009
- Aug 1993–Nov 2006· 13 yrs 3 mos
- Senior ScientistAug 1993–Nov 2006
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Computer Engineering
UC San Diego