Rich Skinner

Rich Skinner is an accomplished Information Security and Cybersecurity Leader with extensive experience across various prominent companies. Since 2019, Rich has held leadership roles at Amazon and Whole Foods Market, focusing on safeguarding information assets. Prior to this, Rich served as a Senior Principal at West Monroe Partners and contributed to the U.S. Secret Service's Electronic Crimes Task Force. Rich co-founded ThirdPartyTrust, where responsibilities included serving as Chief Information Security Officer and overseeing sales and business development. Previous positions also include leading global business development at Brinqa, co-owning a Papa John's franchise, and working as a Global Cybersecurity Business Development Executive at IBM. Rich began the professional journey with an Enterprise Security Advisory role at Ernst & Young after earning a BS in Computer Networking & Telecommunications Engineering and an MS in Cybersecurity from Purdue University.