Bill Reid

Bill Reid is the Global Lead for Healthcare and Life Sciences within Google Cloud’s Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (OCISO) . His current interests include improving resiliency, cyber public health, Operational Technology (OT) security, and the application of AI to improving security practices. Prior to Google, he was the first Chief Security Officer (CSO) and VP for National Resilience, a bio-manufacturing company, where he established and ran the Security (Physical, IT, and OT), Privacy, and Compliance organizations. Before Resilience, Bill was the CISO for Amazon Care, a telehealth and in-person care organization established by AWS. He built the security and privacy team as part of the service's launch. Also at AWS, Bill led the AWS Security Solution Architecture team, working with the company’s enterprise customers, and co-led the global security community of practice. Earlier, Bill held various CISO roles at healthcare technology and medical device companies. He was also at Microsoft, where he ran a Microsoft Consulting Services practice, was part of the Trustworthy Computing initiative, and was Director of Product Management for Microsoft Health Solutions Group, working on products like HealthVault. He began his career in healthcare administration. Bill is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), and past Regent for Washington. He is a Fellow in Information Privacy in the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He is currently serving as a Commissioner for DirectTrust, and works with the International Association of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) as a leader in the Pharma 4.0 and AI communities. He is an author on the application of digital twins to improving security and on the application of OT security practices to Pharma 4.0 manufacturing.