Michelle Finneran Dennedy – VIPSS23

CEO, PrivacyCode

Michelle Finneran Dennedy currently working as CEO and co-founder of PrivacyCode. She is considered one of the world’s leading visionaries in the field of privacy and the IT industry. Michelle is also co-author of the definitive book on Privacy Engineering- The Privacy Engineer’s Manifesto. Michelle has a JD from Fordham University School of Law and a BS degree with University honors from The Ohio State University. Michelle has held Chief Privacy Officer roles at Cisco, McAfee/Intel, and Sun Microsystems before serving as the CEO of Drumwave. She has also been honored with the IAPP Vanguard award for lifetime achievement and the Executive Women’s Forum (EWF) – CSO Magazine Woman of Influence award for work in the privacy and security fields. Michelle was also cited as an AlwaysOn Power Player in On-Demand Computing.