Chris Whitener - Profile

Chris Whitener

Chris Whitener is chief security strategist for HP and leads the company's enterprise security strategy. In this role, he manages the HP Security Office and sets the direction for HP's security and standards initiatives, in addition to coordinating product roadmap activities across all business units.

Two years ago, Whitener unveiled HP Secure Advantage, the company's security initiative and portfolio designed to help customers reduce cost, risk and complexity. He also serves as general manager of HP's Atalla Security Products, which pioneered the use of hardware-based security appliance products used to safeguard financial transactions worldwide. 

Previously, Whitener was vice president of engineering at Global Village communications, and then OneWorld Systems, both communications startups in networking and wireless products. Prior to that, he was manager and strategic director for all manageability and supportability products at Tandem Computers Inc.

Whitener has degrees in psychology and philosophy and completed post-graduate work in computer science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.