Chuck Herrin is Field CISO for F5. His purview includes customer advocacy and active
engagement across Product, Marketing, Sales, and Channel operations to bring thought
leadership and alignment of solutions with the real-world problems our enterprise
customers face every day.
Prior to F5, Chuck was the CTO of Wib, an API security firm that created the second
generation of API security solutions designed from the ground up to provide end to end
visibility, testing, and context to discover, test, and secure all APIs across a customer
ecosystem. Prior to Wib, Chuck spent 19+ years as a CISO in financial services and
banking, including SVP and Head of IT Security, Risk, and Compliance for all of AIG’s
consumer-facing divisions ($29B annual revenue) and EVP and CISO of Texas Capital
Bank, consolidating enterprise security and fraud functions prior to being named “Most
Trusted Bank in America” by Newsweek in 2022.
A lifelong learner, Chuck holds a litany of industry certifications gathered over the last
25 years, as well as a bachelor’s degree in biology from Lenoir Rhyne University. When
not traveling to events, customer sites, or bucket list locations, Chuck is based out of his
ranch in North Dallas.