Executive record
Dave MacKinnon
Dave MacKinnon is Vice President, Technology Infrastructure and Chief Information Security Officer at JetBlue. The appointment was announced on November 12, 2026, per ir.jetblue.com.
Before the appointment: Chief Security Officer at N-able, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Dave MacKinnon, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Vice President, Technology Infrastructure and Chief Information Security Officer at JetBlue
Source: ir.jetblue.com (company announcement) ↗ · Move record
Before November 2026· Earlier role
Chief Security Officer at N-able
Named in the announcement of the JetBlue appointment · Source: ir.jetblue.com (company announcement) ↗
The appointment
Announced November 12, 2026 · Source: ir.jetblue.com (company announcement) ↗ · Move record
Dave MacKinnon joins JetBlue as Vice President, Technology Infrastructure and Chief Information Security Officer, where he will lead the airline's technology infrastructure, cybersecurity and anti-fraud teams. At the time of the announcement, he had most recently served as Chief Security Officer at N-able, with prior senior technology leadership roles at AT&T/WarnerMedia, Turner and KPMG.
According to the release, his focus in the role will be on protecting the airline from evolving cybersecurity threats and on advancing the security, resilience and reliability of its technology infrastructure. He will report to Carol Clements, who was JetBlue's Chief Digital & Technology Officer at the time of the announcement, the company says. The company says his appointment was one of four vice president appointments it announced across its Operations, Technology and Legal organizations. According to the release, these appointments filled existing leadership positions, with MacKinnon among the two executives joining the airline.
MacKinnon has more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, business resilience and technology leadership, according to the company. The release says that as Chief Security Officer at N-able he established the business continuity and security programs of the company. He is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, according to the release.
The company says JetBlue is a carrier in San Juan, Orlando, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and Boston. According to the release, JetBlue carries customers across Europe, the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America.
The seat before and after
Who the record names in the same seat before and after Dave MacKinnon. Only what a dated record states.
JetBlue
Before
- Keith Anderson: named Chief Information Security Officer, announced on March 1, 2023 · record
The company: JetBlue
- Sector
- Telecom & Media
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at JetBlue: 2 confirmed moves on the record
- Annual report
- Cybersecurity section of the fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, filed February 12, 2026
- Board oversight
- Named in the filing: Audit Committee.
Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Telecom & Media whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Dave MacKinnon's, nearest first. The Telecom & Media bench
Kim Keever, Chief Security Officer at Lumen Technologies
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- under a month since the appointment was announced (November 12, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- November 12, 2026
- Telecom & Media in 2026
- 3 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
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 Dave MacKinnon
- Who is the CISO of JetBlue?
- Dave MacKinnon is Vice President, Technology Infrastructure and Chief Information Security Officer at JetBlue. The appointment was announced on November 12, 2026, per ir.jetblue.com.
- When did Dave MacKinnon become CISO of JetBlue?
- The appointment was announced on November 12, 2026, per ir.jetblue.com. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Dave MacKinnon work before JetBlue?
- Before the appointment, Dave MacKinnon was Chief Security Officer at N-able, according to the announcement (ir.jetblue.com).
- Who held the seat at JetBlue before Dave MacKinnon?
- Keith Anderson: named Chief Information Security Officer, announced on March 1, 2023.
Sources
- 1.ir.jetblue.com (company announcement) ↗: the appointment at JetBlue, November 12, 2026
- 2.SEC EDGAR: Form 10-K, fiscal 2025 ↗: the company's cybersecurity disclosure
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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