Everett Bates

Everett Bates currently serves as the Head of Information Security at Crunchyroll and is a Dallas CISO Governing Body Member at Evanta, a Gartner Company. With a strong presence in the tech community, Everett is a member of the Forbes Tech Council and a seed investor at Gutsy. Previous roles include Chief Information Security Officer at EverView and Head of Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategy at Love's Travel Stops. Academic credentials include an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business, a CISO Executive Education Program from Carnegie Mellon University, an Executive Leadership Program at Cornell University, a Master of Science in Computer Science from Oklahoma Christian University, and a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Oklahoma State University.