Victoriano Casas III is a native Texan with a BBA from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi in Management Information Systems (MIS) with an emphasis in computer systems programming. Victoriano served as TAMUCC’s student body president his senior year and was elected to serve on the distinguished Texas A&M System chancellor’s student advisory board. Victoriano also holds a master’s degree in public administration (MPA) with an emphasis on government information systems from Texas State in San Marcos, where he authored: An Information Security Risk Assessment Model for Public and University Administrators.

Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Victoriano was the CISO and DMO at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Victoriano has also served as CISO for the Texas Department of Aging and Disabilities Services, the Employees Retirement System of Texas and Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. Victoriano also worked at a handful of private sector companies, including Deloitte and Touche as a cybersecurity specialist master and global cybersecurity operations manager for SunPower, Inc.

Victoriano is the founder of the Texas Government CISO Roundtables. Victoriano was invited as a distinguished speaker at USAA, has spoken at various cyber security conferences from San Jose, California to San Antonio, Texas.