Nic Chavez is a former Chief Information Security Officer at IBM and DataStax. At IBM, he served as CISO of Data and AI, focused on securing enterprise customer deployments of AI and data platforms across sectors. At DataStax, he served as CISO, partnering with security engineering, product leadership, and compliance to drive the company’s security and trust posture. He has advised global financial institutions and large enterprises on integrating AI within complex regulatory environments, with a focus on enterprise trust boundaries, access control, auditability, and governance of AI-enabled systems. His work has included quantum-readiness initiatives in coordination with World Economic Forum working groups.