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The Rise of Privacy Tech
The Rise of Privacy Tech is an initiative to bring together privacy tech founders, investors, experts, and advocates. Together, we fuel the rise of privacy innovation.
Our Mission
Our mission is to fuel privacy innovation and the rise of privacy technologies.
Our Vision
Our vision is a world where technology is designed and engineered with privacy in mind, serving humans and respecting their privacy.
Our Founder
Our Founder and Chief Privacy Tech Evangelist, Lourdes M. Turrecha, is a privacy and security strategist, entrepreneur, advisor, and reformed Silicon Valley lawyer. She has advised 100+ tech companies, startups, and global entities on privacy and data protection throughout her career.
She founded The Rise of Privacy Tech after observing the exciting developments in the privacy tech landscape and hearing from privacy tech founders, investors, fellow domain experts, and evangelists about their challenges and needs in this space.
Our Advisors
Michelle Dennedy
CEO & Co-Founder
PrivacyCode, Inc.
Fatima Khan
Sr. Counsel Privacy & Product
Okta, Inc.
Melanie Ensign
Founder & CEO
Discernible, Inc.
Debra Farber
Advisor
Privacy Tech Startups
Gilbert Hill
Privacy Technologist & Entrepreneur
TROPT Privacy Tech Visionaries Circle
Keith Enright
Chief Privacy Officer
Google
Stuart Lee
Chief Privacy Officer
VMware
Ray Everett
Principal
PrivacyClue Consulting
Barbara Lawler
COO & Senior Strategist
Information Accountability Foundation
Barbara Cosgrove
Chief Privacy Officer
Workday
Nishant Bhajaria
Director of Privacy Engineering
Uber
John Gevertz
Former Global CPO
Visa, Inc. & ADP Inc.
Jay Cline
Principal
PwC
K Royal
Lead Privacy Counsel
Outschool
Ann Cavoukian
Executive Director
Global Privacy & Security
Michelle Dennedy
CEO & Co-Founder
PrivacyCode, Inc.
Fatima Khan
Sr. Counsel Privacy & Product
Okta, Inc.
Melanie Ensign
Founder & CEO
Discernible, Inc.
Debra Farber
Advisor
Privacy Tech Startups
Gilbert Hill
Privacy Technologist & Entrepreneur