Chad Girouard, CISSP, is an experienced professional in software development and application security with a career spanning over 20 years. Currently serving as AVP Information Security and Application Security Lead at LPL Financial since September 2020, Chad has held various leadership roles, including Senior Security Program Manager at Veracode from November 2014 to September 2020, where responsibilities included guiding customers on application security best practices and managing engineering teams. Previous positions include Software Development Quality Manager at Fidelity National Information Services and various quality assurance roles at Litle & Co. and Fidelity Investments. Chad holds education credentials from New Hampshire Technical College, CA Technologies, and Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute.