Diego Souza is the Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cummins Inc., and he is very proud of how far he has come, particularly in a space that has traditionally lacked diversity.
Souza is a thought leader with over 20 years of experience delivering innovative security solutions and leading sizeable global cybersecurity teams. His journey started at Hitechno, a family-based company in Brazil as the network administrator. In 2003, he joined INPE (a Brazilian government department), focusing on network security, incident response and security management. While serving as the Brazilian IT manager for Dresser, in 2011, he joined General Electric (GE) Power through an acquisition.