Shamla Naidoo

Shamla Naidoo brings a rare mix of global business experience, technical knowledge and legal expertise to her numerous roles. She is currently the head of Cloud Strategy and Innovation at Netskope. She is also an independent director at multiple public and private companies. She was recently a Managing Partner at IBM where she advised CEOs, board directors, and executives on how to ensure digital transformation, innovation and strategic risk management co-exist while creating business value. Prior to that Shamla was IBM’s Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), where she was accountable for the protection of the worlds largest Intellectual Property portfolio and IBMs global technology estate. After 25 years as an engineer and technologist, Shamla acquired a Jurisdoctor degree and is licensed to practice law. She teaches multiple courses in Information Technology, Security and Privacy law at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Law and she coaches a number of Security and Technology executives.