Esmond Kane

Esmond Kane currently serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Advarra and holds cyber advisory positions at Bain Capital Ventures, Black Kite, and Tenable. Previously, Esmond was Chief Information Security Officer at Steward Health Care and held significant roles at Harvard University, including Project Lead for the Collaboration Portal and Director of IT Security for Policy, Risk and Compliance. Experience also includes serving as Deputy CISO at Partners HealthCare, where Esmond launched a new Information Security program and established a hybrid Security Operations Center. Early career highlights involve senior management at the Harvard Art Museum and a position as Senior IT Specialist at KPMG. Esmond is certified as a CISA by ISACA and earned a degree from Harvard University.