Ron Nixon is the CTO and CISO of the Federal organization at Cohesity, where Ron supports sales, engineering and product development efforts. Ron has held senior technical management and CTO roles with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) where he managed the defense cybersecurity program and supported over 200 programs. Ron also held CTO roles at CSRA and NES Associates supporting customer enterprises for commercial, defense, and government markets.
He is also a 23-year US Army veteran where he supported IT and cyber operations for Joint, Special, and Conventional Forces where he retired as the Senior Warrant/CTO for Operations at Army Cyber Command with direct global support to 1.4 million users in both strategic and tactical environments.