# George Wrenn

> George Wrenn was a cybersecurity executive, author and co-founder of CyberSaint. Previously a global cybersecurity leader at Schneider Electric and a consultant at IBM, he worked on making risk and compliance understandable to business leaders. He also founded privacy venture ZenPrivata and was a research affiliate at MIT Sloan. He died in June 2024.

- **Role:** Cybersecurity entrepreneur, executive and author
- **Organizations:** CyberSaint, ZenPrivata, LetoSecurity, Schneider Electric, IBM, Unisys, RSA Security, Omgeo, MIT Sloan School of Management, US Air Force Auxiliary / Civil Air Patrol
- **Education:** BA, Harvard University, Graduate fellowship and advanced coursework; no degree asserted, MIT, Artificial intelligence executive program, University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, Artificial intelligence intensive program, University of Cambridge
- **Known for:** Co-founded CyberSaint and served as CEO., Founded ZenPrivata with Scott Schlimmer., Developed security and compliance training and supported industrial product certification at Schneider Electric.

## Career timeline

- **Before CyberSaint** — Held security leadership roles at Omgeo, RSA, Unisys and IBM.
- **2014** — As a Schneider Electric cybersecurity executive, published on IT and industrial-system security.
- **2015** — Organized a customer workshop to help executives understand cybersecurity spending.
- **2016** — Co-founded CyberSaint.
- **2018** — Participated in the NIST risk-management conference and contributed to MIT Sloan executive education.
- **2020** — Publicly discussed cloud security as founder and principal of LetoSecurity.
- **2021** — Led ZenPrivata’s privacy-as-a-service launch; Jerry Layden assumed CyberSaint CEO responsibilities in September.
- **2023** — ZenPrivata announced Privacy Observatory 2.0.
- **2024** — Died June 7; colleagues shared public remembrances.

## Achievements

- Co-founded CyberSaint and served as CEO.
- Founded ZenPrivata with Scott Schlimmer.
- Developed security and compliance training and supported industrial product certification at Schneider Electric.
- Awarded US cloud-security patents.
- Contributed to and taught MIT Sloan executive education on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — George Wrenn died on June 7, 2024.
- **2024-03** — CyberSaint, the company he co-founded, announced a $21 million Series A.
- **2023-01** — ZenPrivata launched Privacy Observatory 2.0 with Wrenn identified as founder and CEO.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-wrenn

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Last updated: 2026-10-14