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Ron De Jesus

Field Chief Privacy Officer @ Transcend | Since 2005, Ron has been delivering strategic privacy advice. He began his career consulting to healthcare and government agencies across Canada, then later helped establish the privacy practices of Deloitte and PwC in San Francisco and New York. After spending his early career in an advisory role, serving large clients in the tech, pharma, retail, telecom, entertainment, and education industries, Ron went in-house, creating, operationalizing, and managing his own global privacy programs at American Express, Coach, Tapestry, Tinder, and Match Group.

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Building the most powerful consumer privacy control in the world—with CalPrivacy's Tom Kemp

Transcend's Field CPO, Ron De Jesus, speaks with CalPrivacy Executive Director Tom Kemp about the Delete Act, the groundbreaking DROP platform, and the enforcement signals every privacy professional needs to hear.

March 19, 2026•5 min read

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Scaling privacy in the age of AI, with OpenAI’s Idriss Kechida

Transcend’s Field CPO, Ron De Jesus, speaks with OpenAI’s Idriss Kechida about what it takes to scale privacy programs in the age of AI across data, security, and the enterprise.

January 22, 2026•3 min read

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The CPO and CISO: A critical partnership with Aimee Cardwell

Transcend’s CISO-in-Residence Aimee Cardwell shares lessons from the frontlines of enterprise security, and reveals the blueprint for transforming the CPO-CISO dynamic into a unified strategic defense.

November 24, 2025•3 min read

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What makes a great Chief Privacy Officer: Lessons from Verizon’s Sue Vinci

Verizon’s Chief Privacy Officer Sue Vinci joins Transcend Field CPO Ron De Jesus for a candid conversation about leadership, trust, and what it takes to build one of the world’s most sophisticated privacy programs.

October 8, 2025•3 min read

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Full episode: Meet the future of governance with Next-Gen Voices

Meet the bold new leaders shaping the future of privacy, AI governance, and responsible data innovation—now streaming from Transcend.

July 10, 2025•2 min read

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Get a first look: Next-Gen Voices returns with bold new perspectives

Get a first look at the bold voices shaping what’s next in privacy. This sneak peek of Transcend’s video series, Next-Gen Voices, highlights bold, emerging perspectives driving the future of trust, AI governance, and responsible data leadership.

June 27, 2025•2 min read