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About
Jim Higgins is the CISO of CoreWeave, with more than 30 years of experience in the technology sector focused on information security and public-private collaboration. He previously held senior roles including Director of Product Security at Google and CISO at Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) and Snap, Inc. His areas of expertise include product security, offensive security, and cloud security.
Invests in
Cloud ComputingCybersecurity
Experience
- CoreWeaveChief Information Security Officercurrent2025 — present
- Snap Inc.CISO2022 — 2025
- SquareCISO2021 — 2022Oakland, California, United States
- GoogleDirector of Product Security and Infrastructure Protection, Google2016 — 2021Mountain View, Ca
- GoogleLead Technical Program Manager, Security Engineering2015 — 2016Mountain View, CA
- GoogleHead of Business Operations/Special Projects - Google Hardware Operations2013 — 2015Mountain View, CA
- GoogleSr. Technical Program Manager, Network Engineering, Security and Operations2011 — 2013Mountain View, CA
- GoogleData Center Software Automation, Lead TPM - Google Data Center Hardware Operations2010 — 2011Mountain View, CA
- Zinio LLCDirector of Operations and Security2008 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
- Jupiter Hosting, Inc.Director of Operations2007
- Eastman-KodakManager of Network Operations and Security2003 — 2007
- ChevronTexacoProject Manager (Knowledge Management)2002San Francisco Bay Area
- Williams-SonomaDirector of Engineering2001 — 2002
- Organic IncSenior Group Director of Engineering1998 — 2000
Skills & more
Strategic PlanningIntelligenceTeam LeadershipTeam ManagementLeadershipData Center43Cloud Computing36Security34Program Management20Integration10Network Architecture7Product Management7
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High AvailabilityVirtualizationProfessional ServicesArchitectureIT ManagementDisaster RecoveryBusiness AnalysisTelecommunicationsSecurity AuditsDeploymentSoftware DevelopmentProject ManagementFrom James's professional profile.
Colleagues at CoreWeave
Brannin McBee
Chief Development Officer, Co-founder at CoreWeave
Brian Venturo
Chief Strategy Officer, Co-founder at CoreWeave
Chen Goldberg
Executive Vice President, Product & Engineering at CoreWeave
Christopher Sarofim
Chairman at Fayez Sarofim & Co.
David Corbitt
Founder at OpenPipe
Emmanuel Turlay
Founder at Airtrain AI
Jean English
Chief Marketing Officer at CoreWeave
Jon Jones
Chief Revenue Officer at CoreWeave
Frequently asked questions
- Who is James Higgins?
- Jim Higgins is the CISO of CoreWeave, with more than 30 years of experience in the technology sector focused on information security and public-private collaboration. He previously held senior roles including Director of Product Security at Google and CISO at Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) and Snap, Inc. His areas of expertise include product security, offensive security, and cloud security.
- Where does James Higgins work?
- James Higgins is CISO of CoreWeave at CoreWeave.
- What does James Higgins invest in?
- James Higgins invests in Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity.
- Where did James Higgins go to school?
- James Higgins studied at Saint Mary's College of California.
Same school
Also attended Saint Mary's College of California50
Steven ReaPresident, ATEL Ventures at ATEL VenturesJustin HoffmanPortfolio Partner: GTM/Sales at OSS CapitalTherese CoutermarshDirector of Operations at NightDragonTim MertesSenior Executive Assistant and Senior Office Administrator at Eclipse VenturesStacey ErnestVP Finance at Decibel PartnersBrandon AdamsAnalyst at Logos
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Shared employers
Also worked at Snap Inc.108
Evan SpiegelCo-founder & CEO of SnapLucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJustin RoseInvestment Team at 8VCSelby DrummondSenior Strategic Officer at Plum Alley InvestmentsSteve HorowitzPartner at Alpha Edison
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Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
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Also worked at Zinio LLC3
Also worked at Eastman-Kodak46
Nicole GaudelliEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Dafna Winocur BiranPartner at Joule VenturesJim StonehamOperating Partner at SignalFireLeon SilvermanVenture Partner at Hallstone VenturesAlison MalloyManaging Director, Investments at Connecticut InnovationsMyron KassarabaVice President, Investments at MassVentures
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