Mignona Cote

Mignona Cote has become a world leader in multi-cloud security, building solutions in high-tech, healthcare, insurance, and large financial institutions. With more than two decades of experience in information security, risk management, compliance, and auditing – Mignona helps Fortune 50 companies ensure the security of their data. She is a proven problem solver with a unique ability to find, assess and fix information security vulnerabilities across a variety of industries.

She has secured and improved technical operations for companies such as AWS, AIG, Aetna, Bank of America, PepsiCo, NetApp, and Verizon Communications. Mignona works across high tech fields building stellar security programs and embedding security into products delivered to the marketplace. In addition, she established Women Leaders in the Cloud (WLIC) with the Executive Women’s Forum which provides executive training curriculum and reaches engagement of over 700 members. Mignona chairs Cyberbytes for T200 reaching an audience Sr. technology leaders worldwide.

She is the former SVP, Chief Information Security Officer at Infor where she focused on security across both SAAS products and cyber security showcasing the significance for today’s rapid advancements in the cloud. Under her leadership, her team protected corporations worldwide on how they operate their companies.

Mignona holds her Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern State University specializing in Computer and Information Systems and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish. She received her Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Louisiana. She also sits on multiple advisory boards and has received numerous awards including Dallas CISO Inaugural Orbie Award (2024), Women of Influence (2021), Executive Women’s Forum, CTO of the Year (2018), Women in IT Silicon Valley; and Information Security Executive of the Year Award in the Health Care Category (2017), ISE Ten.