Dave Herrald

Dave Herrald is the Global Head of Cybersecurity Go-To-Market at Databricks. He is responsible for driving the adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform for Cybersecurity. Dave started his security career in the 1990’s working in a variety of roles including security analyst, engineer, architect, product security engineer, penetration tester, and CISO. Dave then transitioned into security roles with Fortinet, Splunk, and Google Cloud Security. Dave has been a frequent speaker and an active member of the security community throughout his career. Dave holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Iowa State University and holds many security certifications including the GIAC GSE (#73). Dave lives with his family near Denver, CO and enjoys woodworking, cycling, and skiing.