BIO
Jesse Tadlock is a Group Director of Information Security at Walmart Inc., where he leads the Security Partners. With a career spanning more than 15 years in security, Jesse has been instrumental in enhancing Walmart's digital security infrastructure and ensuring the company's ability to deliver secure technology solutions. His passion is reflected by his team’s vision of delivering "Effortless Security to Support the Speed of Business.” His team focuses on partnering with business and product teams to influence strategy and design, actively participating in engineering design and recommending solutions to advance delivery. Jesse is known for fostering collaboration across various departments and mentoring emerging cybersecurity professionals.
Prior to his long career at Walmart, Jesse also served in incident response leadership, threat intel research and vulnerability management in the defense industry. Jesse holds an MBA from Boston University, and two bachelor's degrees from the University of Arizona (Computer Science and MIS). He also holds a CISSP certification and ITIL Expert Certification.