Vitaly Gudanets is the CISO at Anthropic and an Operating Partner at Lightspeed. He previously held leadership roles at Google and Netflix.

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Career

  1. Anthropic · CISO
  2. Netflix · CISO
  3. Google · VP of Security Engineering and Sr. Director of Data Centers
  4. Lightspeed Venture Partners · Operating Partner, US
  5. Flume Ventures · Executive in Residence
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Who is Vitaly Gudanets?

Vitaly Gudanets is the CISO at Anthropic and an Operating Partner at Lightspeed. He previously held leadership roles at Google and Netflix.

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What did Vitaly Gudanets do before Flume Ventures?

CISO at Anthropic; CISO at Netflix; VP of Security Engineering and Sr. Director of Data Centers at Google; Operating Partner, US at Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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