Aaron Weller, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, FIP
Aaron has over 20 years of global consulting and industry experience, including several years in each of Europe, Australia and the US. He spent 5 years leading PwC’s Privacy practice for the West Coast before leaving to co-found Sentinel.
Sentinel is developing a technology platform to deliver strategic value to privacy offices, supported by consulting to enable clients to clearly define and achieve privacy outcomes.
Earlier in his career, Aaron co-founded and ran an information security and privacy strategy consulting firm and held other roles including as the Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer for two multi-national retailers.
Aaron began consulting on Information Privacy beginning in 2008. His recent focus has been assisting technology companies, and others who are using personal data in innovative ways, to understand and manage data related risks.
He is recognized as a thought leader in the field of privacy, and has been accepted as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) by the IAPP. Aaron has presented at national and international conferences on various privacy and data governance topics. He guest lectures on privacy and risk management at the University of Washington and Central Washington University. He has also been quoted in publications including the Wall Street Journal and published in the book Using Security Metrics to Drive Action.
Contributions by Aaron Weller
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Evolution Privacy: Managing Privacy Risks in the Age Of AI
Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024 -
Privacy in Various Industries
Speaker at Virtual Seattle KnowledgeNet: 14 Feb. 2024 - Member of Privacy Engineering Section Advisory Board 2024 - 2025
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Harnessing the Power of Metrics: Measuring and Reporting for Program Success
Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022 -
Metrics and Messaging: Ignite Your Program and Take Control of Your Career
Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2021 -
How to Measure Privacy's Impact
Web Conference Speaker -
Bending the Rules: Pragmatic Privacy in Pandemics and the Unexpected
Web Conference Speaker -
Building a culture of privacy: Privacy as a strategic initiative
The Privacy Advisor -
Privacy KPIs: Measuring Privacy Program Success
Speaker at IAPP Summit Sessions 2020 Online - Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2020 - Canceled
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How to build a 'culture of privacy'
The Privacy Advisor -
Change Happens: How to Globalize Your Privacy Program
Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019 -
Strategic Engineering: Applying Industrial-Age Lessons to Modern Privacy Program
Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2019