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Short Bio
Kelly Shortridge is Chief Product Officer at Fastly ($FSLY) and author of Security Chaos Engineering: Sustaining Resilience in Software and Systems (O'Reilly Media). Shortridge is an accomplished product executive, software innovator, and internationally recognized technical expert on resilience in complex systems, the application of behavioral economics to cybersecurity, and modernizing security programs.
Long Bio
Kelly Shortridge is Chief Product Officer at Fastly ($FSLY), a cloud computing company, after leading its Security business and serving in the Office of the CTO. Shortridge is lead author of Security Chaos Engineering: Sustaining Resilience in Software and Systems (O'Reilly Media) and is best known as a leading-edge expert on resilience in complex software systems, the application of behavioral economics to cybersecurity, and modernizing security programs. Shortridge's experience spans B2B product executive leadership, entrepreneurship (as a startup founder with an exit to CrowdStrike), and investment banking (mergers and acquisitions). Shortridge frequently advises Fortune 500s, investors, startups, and federal agencies and has spoken at major technology conferences internationally, including Black Hat USA, O'Reilly Velocity Conference, and SREcon. Shortridge’s research has been featured in ACM, IEEE, and USENIX, spanning behavioral science in cybersecurity, deception strategies, and the ROI of software resilience. Shortridge also serves on the editorial board of ACM Queue.
Industry Recognition
Shortridge's work and expertise has been featured in top media outlets, including BBC News, Business Insider, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and Vice Media, as well as top technology publications, such as Cyberscoop, ComputerWorld, Dark Reading, Decipher, InfoQ, Risky Business, TechCrunch, and VentureFizz. Shortridge has been named a top 100 DevOps leader as well as a "Big Thinker" in cybersecurity, and advises companies (from Fortune 500 to startups), investors (from seed VC through growth PE), and executives regularly.
Internationally Known Speaker
Shortridge has spoken at over 40 conferences in 8 countries across 5 continents, addressing audiences from multiple thousands of technology professionals to closed-door sessions with executives. Shortridge has also presented at numerous private corporate and government events, including at Fortune 500 companies, publicly-traded Silicon Valley tech companies, and industry consortia.