Raffaele Amendola possesses extensive experience in information security, currently serving at Edwards Lifesciences since 2018. Prior to this role, Raffaele held the position of Senior Director of Information Security at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Texas from 2011 to 2018. Raffaele also contributed to Motorola - Applied Research Labs as a Senior Product Security Research Scientist between 2005 and 2010, and led information security efforts as Global Head at IMC Global from 2002 to 2005. Earlier in the career, Raffaele was an Information Warfare Officer with the United States Department of Defense from 1995 to 2001. Raffaele is an alumnus of the United States Naval Academy and The George Washington University.