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Chad
McDonald
CISO, Operating Advisor
TA Associates
Chad McDonald is Chief Information Security Officer at TA Associates, and a leader focused on value creation for private equity-backed and growth-stage software companies, specializing in operating model modernization across SaaS, AI, and automation. He has 15+ years of experience advising boards, CEOs, and PE sponsors while leading enterprise-wide initiatives spanning post-acquisition integration, performance improvement, and scalable execution that drives measurable EBITDA and margin impact. Chad is currently an Operating Advisor at TA Associates and an MIT alum, based in San Rafael, California.
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14 April 2026 16:00 - 16:30
Panel | Identity in the age of autonomy: Zero-trust, access control, and continuous verification
Autonomous systems don’t log in once and then behave nicely. They make decisions, call tools, move data, and change their own context in ways traditional identity models were never built to supervise. This panel looks at how CISOs are redefining identity, session trust, and continuous verification for non-human actors.