Lea Kissner

Lea Kissner is a distinguished professional in the field of information security, currently serving as the Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President at LinkedIn, as well as holding the position of Board Member at the USENIX Association. Previously, Kissner has held significant roles including Chief Information Security Officer at Lacework and at Twitter, where responsibilities also encompassed Vice President of Engineering and Head of Privacy Engineering. Earlier in career, Kissner was the Director of Engineering at Apple. Academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, where studies were completed from 2002 to 2006.