Profile
Austin Krissoff leads True's cyber security practice and is based in the Boston office. He specializes in Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) placements and CxO searches for PE/VC-backed security companies.
Austin has led CISO searches for Addepar, GoJek, NS1, Spotify, Staples, Twilio and Vista Equity, among others. He has also led executive searches for security companies including BigID, Bitsight, Expel, Privitar, Rapid7, RiskRecon, Snyk and ThreatConnect.
Austin previously worked at a venture-backed cyber security startup (Endgame). He is a former U.S. Marine Captain and served as a human intelligence advisor and platoon commander. Austin holds a MA in National Security Studies from Georgetown University and a BA in Political Science from Middlebury College, where he was a varsity swimmer and water polo athlete.