For the last ten years Izak Mutlu has been the Vice President of Information Security at Salesforce.com. As the CISO he has been responsible for managing globally the information security activities, including architecture, design, implementation, and operations. Izak has been instrumental getting Salesforce.com globally fully certified with the ISO 27001 international standard, as well as the PCI, US Government FedRamp and several other certifications.

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 chairman of the CSO Council in the Bay Area, promoting the sharing of best practices among peers made up the top 30 Bay Area companies.

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