Peter Chestna

Peter Chestna serves as the CISO of North America at Checkmarx and as a Strategic Advisor at Katilyst Security. In addition, Peter is an Advisory Council Member at SecureWorld and a Contributing Editor for both SecurityBoulevard.com and DevOps.com. Peter’s extensive background in application security includes roles such as Enterprise Head of Application Security at BMO Financial Group and DevSecOps Transformation Consultant at CA Technologies. Peter's advisory experience also encompasses positions on the Advisory Board for MergeBase and the CFP Review Board for DevSecCon Global Community. Peter holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.