
Chris Bates Cissp
Chris Bates is a senior cybersecurity executive with extensive experience developing and implementing security and business strategies for... | Albany, Oregon, United States
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Chris Bates Cissp’s Expertise Chris Bates is a senior cybersecurity executive with extensive experience developing and implementing security and business strategies for companies ranging from Series B start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations. A servant leader, Chris excels in building, scaling, transforming, and overseeing combined teams of up to 150 members across safety, security, IT, and data. He is a talented governance, operations, engineering, DevSecOps, and incident response leader who uses deep technical knowledge of security products and services to guide and transform industry-leading SaaS offerings. Throughout his career, Chris has built integrated intelligence functions with the NSA, FBI, CISA, CIA, and other friendly intelligence services, showcasing his ability to identify threats and solve complex challenges. Chris is an exceptional communicator who successfully conveys complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders including boards of directors, and business strategy to technical teams. His open and direct communication style also makes him a sought-after panelist at security conferences. Chris’ expertise goes beyond technology. He has a profound understanding of sales, product development, messaging, and go-to-market strategies, and excels at managing globally dispersed teams. He currently sits on multiple company boards, including the SentinelOne Ventures Investment Board where he assesses potential venture capital investments. Key Accomplishments: • Built SentinelOne, as part of the executive leadership team, from 70 to 2.5K employees and grew business from Series B company with < 10M to 630M in annual recurring revenue, leading to largest cybersecurity IPO to date, raising 1.2B. • Vetted companies and performed due diligence before purchase by SentinelOne, successfully integrating staff, IT, business, and security into SentinelOne ecosystem, tools, and standards. • Served as a member of the investment board for S1 Ventures, SentinelOne’s venture funding arm. • Built, scaled, and led IT, Business Application, and Data teams at SentinelOne pre and post-IPO. • Redefined Extended Detection and Response (XDR) product, transforming security operations centers (SOC) by introducing real-time observability, automation, and threat modeling, setting new industry standard. Achieved context-based alerting in near real-time, with automation handling over 90% of alerts in near real-time. • Created and formalized the first business operations processes for Nike’s CISO office, ensuring efficient planning and oversight of budgets, resources, and board reporting.
Chris Bates Cissp’s Current Industry Stealth Startup
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Bates Cissp’s Prior Industry
Aes
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Efusion Itxc
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The Regence
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Acs A Xerox
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Nuscale Power
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Rsa The Security Division Of Emc
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Fidelis Cybersecurity
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Nike
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Sentinelone
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Forbes Technology Council
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Evanta A Gartner
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Strongdm
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Self Employed
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Yl Ventures
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It Isac
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Stealth Startup
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Stealth Startup
Advisor / Investor for an AI IDR company
Mon Jan 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Stealth Startup
Advisor / Investor for a Gen AI cyber security company
Wed Feb 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
It Isac
Board Member
Sat Oct 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Yl Ventures
Advisor
Thu Sep 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Self Employed
vCISO
Mon Aug 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Strongdm
Member of The Board of Advisors
Tue Feb 01 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Apr 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Evanta A Gartner
CISO Governing Body Member
Mon Jun 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Forbes Technology Council
Member and Contributer
Fri May 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Jan 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sentinelone
Chief Security & Trust Officer
Sat Oct 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Feb 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Nike
Expert Cyber Security Strategist / Office of the CISO
Mon Jun 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Oct 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Fidelis Cybersecurity
Executive Engagement Lead / Incident Response Lead / vCISO
Mon Sep 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Jun 01 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Rsa The Security Division Of Emc
Principle Advisory Consultant/ Advanced Cyber Defense/ vCISO
Thu May 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Sep 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Nuscale Power
Head of Information Security / CISO
Sat Dec 01 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu May 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Acs A Xerox
Principle Information Technology and Security Consultant
Tue Jun 01 2004 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Dec 01 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
The Regence
Security Architect
Sat Sep 01 2001 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Jul 01 2004 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Efusion Itxc
Information Security/ Systems Engineer
Sat Jan 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Jan 01 2001 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Aes
Head of Information Technology & Security
Thu Jan 01 1998 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Jan 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)