TIMOTHY Youngblood is profiled as a four-time Fortune 500 CISO/CSO, having served as Dell’s first CISO in 2010, then as CISO at Kimberley-Clark, corporate VP and CISO at McDonald’s, and SVP, CSO and product security officer at T-Mobile. He has also pursued angel investing, joining the Keiretsu Forum and helping pioneer the concept of CISO involvement in venture activity through groups such as Silicon Valley CISO Investments.
The interview notes his recent role as a CISO in residence, guiding a venture-backed firm on non-human identities and the adoption of agentic AI, with work spanning product strategy, marketing alignment and sales enablement. It also highlights his broader industry activity, including advisory roles and teaching as an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma in 2025.
According to SecurityWeek, his career reflects the evolving, entrepreneurial path of senior security leaders, who move between corporate CISO roles, investment activity and new models like CISO in residence while navigating AI and NHIs. The piece is dated 24 February 2026, UK time.