As CSO, Joan is responsible for the holistic security and compliance of Auth0's platform, products, and corporate environment. She brings 20 years of experience to the role, with a career that has spanned a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, defense, ISPs, and MSSPs.

Previously, Joan served as business information security officer (BISO) at Nike, Inc., where she focused on working with the lines of business to align with corporate information security strategy. Her long tenure in the security industry also includes being Sumo Logic's CISO and VP of Security, where she established a holistic and cutting-edge set of cloud security best practices and controls that resulted in Sumo being the most audited, attested, and certified cloud service provider in its space. She holds a patent for developing methodology to assess whether a communication contains an attack.