Izak Mutlu is the Vice President of Information Security at Salesforce.com, a company that has legitimized the “Software as a Service” industry. As the CISO he is responsible for managing globally the information security activities, including architecture, design, implementation, and operations. His most recent accomplishment has been getting Salesforce.com fully certified with the ISO 27001 international standard, again a first in the industry.

Previously, Izak was the Chief Information Security Officer at Silicon Graphics and Solectron, responsible for setting up security organizations for both companies worldwide. At Solectron, he was also the Senior IT Director, and was responsible for the negotiation of a $1.8 Billion outsourcing deal for managing infrastructure and applications and networking for the entire company.

Izak has over thirty years of information systems, security, networking, and telecommunications experience. He has also held senior positions with EDS, Amdahl, and Philips Semiconductor.

Izak is also the Vice President of the CSO Council in the Bay Area, promoting the sharing of best practices among peers.

Izak has an Industrial Engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts and also holds a CISM certification.