Javed Ikbal is the CISO at Bright Horizons. Prior to that, he held CISO positions at Upromise Rewards, GTECH, and Omgeo, and brings 20 years of information security experience in financial services, gaming, and scientific research sectors. He specializes in building or re-engineering information security programs, regulatory compliance, application security, and aligning IT and information security programs to business goals. He is the co-author of "The Laidoff Ninja" and is currently working on his next book: "Clicking Up: Building a Great Information Security Program".