“In 30 years, this was the first time I saw this happen.”
Deaton joined Baker Hughes in late 2004 and brought Cancilla on board as CSO in mid-2006, reporting to the general counsel. Before that time, the corporate security function at the company worked independently from security operations teams. In fewer than three years, Cancilla restructured corporate security into an enterprise security and crisis management (ESCM) function built around a security business model. The move to ESCM has improved the planning, execution and management of security programs enterprise-wide and better aligned security activities with Baker Hughes’ business model.