Kirk Havens

Kirk Havens currently serves on the Bluevoyant Advisory Board and is the Vice President of Cybersecurity at NielsenIQ since April 2022. Previously, Kirk held the position of Advisory Board Member at SightGain, where expertise in automating threat exposure management was applied, and served as Chief Information Security Officer at GoHealth. Kirk's extensive experience in cybersecurity includes roles as Vice President Global Cybersecurity and Sr. Director Global Cybersecurity at TransUnion, as well as Sr. Director Information Security Strategy at Discover Financial Services, where contributions were made to the Information Security Strategy and Program Office. Earlier in Kirk's career, significant military experience was gained as a Special Forces Operations Manager and Senior Weapons Sergeant in the U.S. Army Special Forces. Kirk's educational background includes an Executive CISO program from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Liberty University.