Alexis Wales is the Chief Information Security Officer of GitHub. She leads a team of security experts focused on safeguarding the GitHub platform, products and the open source community, empowering 150 million developers worldwide to build and deploy software securely on GitHub.
Alexis has 20 years of experience defending critical national and private sector networks, spanning positions with the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). This experience sparked her passion for collaboration between the public and private sectors to solve the hardest security challenges that threaten the technology we use every day.
Alexis is a self-described "borderless" leader. She believes that, just as threats and vulnerabilities transcend borders, the most significant security impact is achieved through open dialogue and collaboration to make risk-informed decisions and achieve secure outcomes. Outside of work, Alexis enjoys staying active through yoga and cherishes her “long” walks to the mailbox with her senior pug, Lola.
