Cyber Job Moves: New Executive Hires Signal Growth in Cloud, Identity, and AI Security | Week of June 7-13
Ashley Devoto - Department of the Air Force
Ashley Devoto has been selected as Chief Information Officer for the Department of the Air Force. Devoto brings more than two decades of experience in cybersecurity, technology modernization, risk management, and digital transformation initiatives. She recently served as CISO at Discount Tire and also advises Cyberstarts and NightDragon. Devoto held senior cybersecurity positions at Booz Allen Hamilton, CISO Global, Bank of America, EY, and has over 17 years of service in Air Force cyber operations roles. (source)
Daniel J. Ryan - Zions Bancorporation
Daniel J. Ryan has been elected to the board of directors at Zions Bancorporation. The retired PwC partner brings more than 40 years of experience advising financial institutions on governance, risk management, regulatory matters, and cybersecurity oversight. His work has included board effectiveness reviews, audit committee assessments, and internal control programs for U.S. banks. Ryan will serve on the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Audit Committee, and Risk Oversight Committee. (source)
Greg Notch - Expel
Greg Notch moved into the Chief Technology Officer role at Expel, an MDR company, leading engineering, AI, data science, detection and response, and the SOC after previously serving as the company's CSO and CISO. Before this transition, Notch spent 14 years at the NHL, culminating as Senior Vice President of Information Technology & Security, where he led cloud transformation, zero trust implementation, and the league's full security program. His background also includes earlier infrastructure and operations roles at Yahoo prior to his NHL tenure. (source)
Michelle Griffith - TransUnion
Michelle Griffith stepped into the SVP of Cyber Governance, Risk and Compliance role at TransUnion, bringing deep GRC leadership experience to the credit reporting company. Griffith comes from InterContinental Hotels Group, where she spent nearly 12 years, most recently as VP of Security Governance, Risk & Compliance, building cybersecurity risk quantification programs, GenAI governance frameworks, and corporate compliance capabilities across global operations. Further back, she held a Director of Enterprise Security, Risk & Compliance role at First Data Corporation and before that served as Information Security Officer Manager at SunTrust Bank. (source)
Jon H. - McDonald
At McDonald's, Jon H. now leads cloud infrastructure, operations, enablement, and security as Senior Director, overseeing platform engineering, architecture, DevOps, and strategic partners. The move follows nearly four years as Global Director of Cloud Security at the same company, where he drove a 97% reduction in toxic risk combinations across AWS, GCP, and Azure platforms. Earlier in his McDonald's tenure, Jon served as Cloud Security Product Manager before stepping into IT project management roles. (source)






