Anand Singh

Global CISO | Board Member

Dallas, TX, United States

Details

Education: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

Computer Science

University of Minnesota

Master of Science - MS

Computer Science

Purdue University

Executive Education - Corporate Governance

Management

The Wharton School

Experience: Alkami (ALKT) is a premier digital banking solutions provider for banks and credit unions. Alkami’s SaaS platform is cloud native, single code base, and multi-tenant. I have led the security journey of Alkami from 2018 all the way through its IPO in 2021 and current. I scaled the security functions as Alkami grew at the highest rate in the digital banking sector. My hallmark has been the intense focus on growth and development of my leaders and team members.

2018 : Present

Alkami Technology

Chief Information Security Officer

• NACD.DC

• Executive Education, Corporate Governance, Wharton School of Business

• Board Member, Whiteboard Venture Partners (2018+)

• Advisory Board Member, CISOXC (2022+)

• Governing Board Member, Dallas CISO Summit (2017+)

• Advisory Board Member, Gurucul (2016-2018)

• Board Member, DaVinci Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013-2015)

2013 :

Various Companies

Board Member

Teaching

• Faculty, IANS (board governance of enterprise cybersecurity risk)

• Adjunct Faculty, Mitchell Hamline School of Law (Incident Management & Response)

• Adjunct Faculty, St. Thomas University (Object Oriented Analysis & Design)

• Teaching Assistant, Purdue University (Software Engineering)

Example Speaking Engagements

• Designing the Digital Workplace, Dallas CISO Summit

• Board of Directors and Information Security - An Approach for Effective Oversight, HIMSS

• Improving Risk Assessment Methodology (with Dr. David Lilja), ACM SINCONF

1998 :

Various

Professor and Keynote Speaker

Caliber is one of the largest retail mortgage providers in the country. In addition to origination, we also provide full scale servicing capabilities. I am a member of the leadership team and drive our cybersecurity discipline.

• Governance and Risk Management – Risk management, security policies, standards and procedures and ongoing reporting to Board of Directors.

• Security Culture – Permeating security consciousness throughout the enterprise through security training, targeted communications, social engineering testing, blogs and HR collaboration.

• Architecture – Integration with SDLC, infrastructure and app sec architecture, technical governance

• Engineering – Build-out of security devices (IDS/IPS, DLP, Identity Management solutions, Firewalls).

• Operations – Managing incidents, alerts, logs, configuration (endpoint and DMZ/perimeter) and other operational activities

2017 : 2018

Caliber Home Loans, Inc.

SVP, Global CISO

CISO, OptumInsight

VP, Optum Cloud Adoption

Sr. Director, Innovation Delivery Center & Agile

I led security for OptumInsight, drove Agile across the enterprise, and led our Innovation Delivery Center.

Innovation and Digital transformation initiatives

• Mobility Apps - Health4Me, OptumizeMe & Baby Blocks

• Optum Cloud - Provider Touchpoint & Fee Schedule

• Business process transformation to support digital strategy

Agile

• Led Agile deployment across the company including the team of coaches and Scrum Masters.

• 1000+ individuals trained in Agile and 100+ teams formed to operate in Agile mode.

Information Security

• Security product roadmap and reference architecture for the enterprise.

• OptumInsight Information Security Program : Spectrum of information security responsibilities including governance and risk management, architecture, engineering and operations.

• Data Center Security & Compliance

2010 : 2017

UnitedHealth Group

CISO, OptumInsight

Company: Alkami Technology

Years of Experience: 25

Spoken Language: English, Hindi, Sanskrit

Skills

Agile, agile methodologies, business intelligence, Business Process, business process improvement, cloud computing, crm, customer relationship management (crm), enterprise software, glba, governance, hipaa, Information Technology, integration, Process Improvement, program management, project management, sdlc, Security, Software Development, software development life cycle (sdlc), strategy, vendor management

About

Dr. Anand Singh is the SVP and Chief Information Security Officer at Alkami Technology. Alkami's solutions enable financial institutions to outsmart the competition by providing nation's best Cloud, SaaS, and API centric digital banking platform. FI Navigator has recognized Alkami as the fastest growing platform multiple years in a row. Alkami’s mission is to be the gold standard in digital banking. More than 400 FIs and 15 million end users use Alkami’s solutions.

Anand ensured cybersecurity readiness for Alkami’s IPO, which transpired in April 2021.Prior to its IPO, Alkami raised more than $386M from S3 Ventures, Argonaut, General Atlantic, Fidelity, and others.

Anand’s career in cybersecurity spans Caliber Home Loans, Optum/UnitedHealth Group, and PTC Inc. Some additional metrics, which capture his career, include (a) 500 million in cumulative budget management; (b) Health4Me – Appy award winner and largest mobile app deployment in healthcare space; (c) Optum Cloud – healthcare focused Cloud; and (d) Provider Touchpoint – first major healthcare app in Cloud.

Anand's mission is to deliver best in class security in SaaS and Cloud. He advances the cause of cybersecurity nationally through his keynote speeches, advice, and CISO consortiums. He has held board position at DaVinci Academy and advisory board positions at Gurucul, Whiteboard Venture Partners, and two stealth stage companies. He is also passionate about advancing the cause of safe online behavior in school age children.

Anand holds CISSP and CISM certifications. He has a PhD in Computer Science from University of Minnesota, MS in Computer Science from Purdue University, and B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology.