Sam Masiello
Chief Information Security Officer at The Anschutz Corporation
Speaker Bio
Sam Masiello has over 25 years of security and IT systems and management experience, including 18 years in senior security leadership roles, helping employers and clients across the public and private sector build world-class information security programs. Mr. Masiello is currently the Chief Information Security Officer at The Anschutz Corporation where he oversees the information security, data privacy, and compliance initiatives across the Firm's portfolio of companies which include sports and entertainment, hospitality, print, digital, and film media, oil and gas, renewable energy, and non-profits.
Prior to The Anschutz Corporation, he served as the Chief Security and Technology Officer at Beckage, where he oversaw the strategy and development of the Firm's information security program and compliance initiatives as well as the vision and implementation of the company's application and technology infrastructure. Mr. Masiello also served as the CISO at Gates where he developed the company's first global information security team and lead the company's data security, risk, and global compliance efforts. As the CISO at TTEC he led the protection of employee, consumer, and customer data as well as SOX, SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, and HITRUST compliance efforts. Sam has also been the Chief Security Officer, head of Internet Security, and head of Security research at companies such as Groupon, Return Path, and McAfee.
Currently, Mr. Masiello also serves as Director-at-Large of The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE), National Advisory Board Member for SecureWorld, a 2018-2025 Co-Chair for Evanta CxO. He has previously served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Messaging, Malware, and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG), the Steering Committee of the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), Colorado Cyber (C2), and a member of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). In 2017, Sam was recognized as a Colorado CISO of the Year finalist by the Colorado Technology Association. In 2020, he was recognized by HMG Strategy as one of their Global Technology Executives Who Matter and in 2021 as a Global Leadership Award recipient. He has also been recognized 4x (2021-2023, 2025) as one of the top 100 CISOs in North America by CISOs Connect.
Prior to The Anschutz Corporation, he served as the Chief Security and Technology Officer at Beckage, where he oversaw the strategy and development of the Firm's information security program and compliance initiatives as well as the vision and implementation of the company's application and technology infrastructure. Mr. Masiello also served as the CISO at Gates where he developed the company's first global information security team and lead the company's data security, risk, and global compliance efforts. As the CISO at TTEC he led the protection of employee, consumer, and customer data as well as SOX, SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, and HITRUST compliance efforts. Sam has also been the Chief Security Officer, head of Internet Security, and head of Security research at companies such as Groupon, Return Path, and McAfee.
Currently, Mr. Masiello also serves as Director-at-Large of The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE), National Advisory Board Member for SecureWorld, a 2018-2025 Co-Chair for Evanta CxO. He has previously served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Messaging, Malware, and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG), the Steering Committee of the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), Colorado Cyber (C2), and a member of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). In 2017, Sam was recognized as a Colorado CISO of the Year finalist by the Colorado Technology Association. In 2020, he was recognized by HMG Strategy as one of their Global Technology Executives Who Matter and in 2021 as a Global Leadership Award recipient. He has also been recognized 4x (2021-2023, 2025) as one of the top 100 CISOs in North America by CISOs Connect.
