Summer Fowler is a three-time chief information security officer (CISO) in the autonomous vehicle industry. She is currently at Torc Robotics, which specializes in AI software for long-haul trucking. She is also a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, where she teaches a graduate course in cybersecurity policy and multiple courses on cybersecurity metrics and product cybersecurity for executive education programs. In addition, Summer serves on the board of directors for Brentwood Bank, a regional bank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is an active board member for the Forte Group, an advocacy and education nonprofit focused on amplifying women in technology, cybersecurity, and privacy. Summer often speaks at conferences and events, and she has provided expert testimony on cybersecurity risk to the US Congress. Prior to her role at Torc Robotics, Summer worked at Motional and Argo AI, both AI companies focused on robo-taxi technology. She also led cybersecurity risk and resilience in Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT program and Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Lab.