Rick Vadgama

Rick Vadgama, CISSP, has a strong background in information security and cybersecurity. Rick currently holds the position of Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at TripAdvisor since 2017. Rick also has extensive experience serving on various advisory boards and councils in the cybersecurity industry. Rick is a member of the Cyber Executive Council at .406 Ventures, an Executive Advisory Council at Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst, an Executive Advisory Board at Tenable, and an Advisory Board at KSOC. Rick has also served on Customer Advisory Boards at Orca Security, CrowdStrike, and Bugcrowd. Additionally, they have worked as a Curricular Advisor and Cyber Security Subject Matter Expert at Bay Path University. Rick's expertise in the field is recognized, as evidenced by their leadership roles and involvement in multiple industry organizations.

Rick Vadgama, CISSP, holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a focus on Finance and Operations Management from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. In October 2016, they obtained the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification from (ISC)².