Jonathan Major

Jonathan Major has a diverse work experience in various roles related to cybersecurity and technology. Jonathan is the Founder of Risk/Response, where they started their professional journey in January 2020. Following this, they worked as a Fractional CTO at Soteria - Security Solutions & Advisory from January 2021. Jonathan then moved on to become a Fractional CISO at Askmee in November 2022 and at Bitvore in January 2022. Additionally, they served as a Strategic Advisor at Proga Digital from April 2022.

Prior to these roles, Jonathan Major worked at Westhill as a Fractional CTO and CISO from April 2021 to December 2022. Jonathan also held the position of a Fractional CISO Consultant at Code Red Partners from January 2020 to November 2022. Before that, they worked as a Fractional CISO at UpHealth, Inc. from April 2020 to August 2021, and at Venga Global from February 2020 to February 2021.

Their work experience also includes significant leadership roles at Crux Informatics, where they served as the Founding VP of Engineering and Chief Security Officer from October 2017 to January 2020. During this time, they played a crucial role in building and leading Engineering, Operations, and InfoSec departments, as well as participating in funding cycles and product launches.

Overall, Jonathan Major has a strong background in cybersecurity, technology leadership, and advisory roles, with expertise in areas such as CTO, CISO, and strategic guidance.

Jonathan Major completed their education in Computer Science from Queen's University Belfast between 1991 and 1995. Furthermore, they have obtained various additional certifications, including "Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure" from Qwiklabs in April 2022, "AWS Security Fundamentals (Second Edition)" from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in March 2020, "Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine" from Coursera in January 2018, and "Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals" from Coursera in February 2017. Additionally, they have completed certifications such as "ITIL v3 Foundation Course," "Java for C++ Programmers," "MFC Development using MSDEV 5.0," "Object Oriented Analysis & Design," "Parasoft SOAtest Training" from Parasoft, "SilkCentral Test Manager" from Borland Software, "SilkTest Level I Certified" from Borland Software, and "Verification Testing SilkPerformer and SilkPerformer: Results/Analysis Correlation" from Borland Software.