Selim Aissi
Advisory Board Member
Selim Aissi is currently an advisory board member at FundingShield as well as investor, advisor to various technology, security, and financial services companies. Previously he was Senior Vice President & Chief Security Officer at Ellie Mae (up to and through the acquisition by Intercontinental Exchange) where he was responsible for Ellie Mae's Security Engineering, Operations, Strategy, Cyber Resilience, and GRC.
Selim has held various roles including Vice President of Global Information Security at Visa where he transformed Visa's information security program into the industry leader. He led critical security programs including product security innovation, and enabled global growth and datacenter expansion. He also led technologies for protecting Visa's data, networks, data centers, digital wallets, applications, end-point devices, and other core capabilities.
Selim spent over 11 years at Intel where he held senior management and technology roles and championed several security technologies for Intel's server, desktop, and mobile products. Prior to Intel, Selim held senior engineering positions at General Dynamics - Land Systems Division, General Motors, and Applied Dynamics International.
Selim earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. engineering degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Senior Member of IEEE, and member of ACM and ISACA. He holds over 100 patents in various areas of computer and information security.
Selim has been recognized for security innovation and leadership and received several awards including the 2019 CISO of the Year Award, Top 100 Global CISOs, and Most Influential CISOs.
