Executive record
Alexis Wales
Career profile: Alexis Wales on CISO Spotlights ↗
Alexis Wales is Chief Information Security Officer at GitHub. The appointment was announced in the week of September 2, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: cybersecurity leadership roles at GitHub, per the same source.
The seat was verified again on October 20, 2026, per github.com.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Alexis Wales, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer at GitHub
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-09-02) ↗ · Move record
Before September 2024· Earlier role
cybersecurity leadership roles at GitHub
Named in the announcement of the GitHub appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-09-02) ↗
The company: GitHub
- Sector
- Technology
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at GitHub: 1 confirmed move on the record
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Technology whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Alexis Wales's, nearest first (8 of 11). The Technology bench
Alicia Lynch, Chief Information Security Officer at TD SYNNEX
Lea Kissner, Chief Information Security Officer at LinkedIn
Jason Lord, Chief Information Security Officer at AutoRABIT
Andrew Smeaton, Chief Information Security Officer at Jamf
Pritesh Parekh, Chief Information Security Officer at PagerDuty
Becca Harness, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Deltek
Dane Stuckey, Chief Information Security Officer at OpenAI
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 2 years 2 months since the appointment was announced (week of September 2, 2024), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 26, 2026
How these are counted. Time in the seat: Counted in whole months from the announcement of the appointment, the date the record holds; announcements rarely give a start date.
Questions about Alexis Wales
- Who is the CISO of GitHub?
- Alexis Wales is Chief Information Security Officer at GitHub. The appointment was announced in the week of September 2, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Alexis Wales become CISO of GitHub?
- The appointment was announced in the week of September 2, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- What was Alexis Wales's role before this appointment?
- Before the appointment, Alexis Wales was cybersecurity leadership roles at GitHub, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-09-02) ↗: the appointment at GitHub, week of September 2, 2024
- 2.CISO Spotlights career profile ↗: a fuller career profile on a sister site
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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