Sailaja Kotra-Turner

Brown-Forman

Chief Information Security Officer
Brown-Forman

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Sailaja Kotra-Turner has been with Brown‑Forman since September 2020 as Chief Information Security Officer. She has been instrumental in shaping Brown‑Forman’s security posture and controls to date. Prior to joining Brown‑Forman, Sailaja’s leadership focused on IT Security teams in the areas of security engineering, operations and strategy, security awareness, and identity management. She honed her skills at Brinker International, where she headed their IT Security efforts, as well as JCPenney, and Texas Instruments, where she held various security and IT roles. Sailaja holds a Bachelor of Technology in computer science and systems engineering from Andhra University and a master of business administration from Southern Methodist University.