JUDGMENT. DISCRETION. TRUST.
Xavier
Charles Motley.
Protecting ideas.
Enabling what comes next.
Global security leadership, grounded in the work that matters.
01 / DISCRETION
Some things
aren’t ready
for the world.
At Media Arts Lab, I protected Apple’s confidential pre-launch campaign work. Security lived inside the creative process, across teams, agencies, and international partners.
02 / JUDGMENT
Protection
should make
progress possible.
From global creative networks to aviation and fintech, I connect technical depth with practical decisions, so exceptional teams can move forward with confidence.
Apple accountat Media Arts Lab
TBWA Worldwide
Panasonic Avionics
RAND
Albert
THE THROUGHLINE
Understand what matters.
Protect what makes it possible.
I’ve worked alongside creative teams protecting unreleased ideas, engineers building products, and leaders making consequential decisions. The common thread is trust: understanding the work, identifying the exposure, and making security part of how an organization succeeds.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Depth, not just breadth.
MEDIA ARTS LAB / APPLE ACCOUNT
Protect the idea.
Preserve the launch.
Confidential product-marketing work across five hubs, 26 offices, and international creative partners. Secrecy requirements translated into practical ways of working, in lockstep with Apple’s Global Security team.
TBWA WORLDWIDE
Global responsibility.
Local understanding.
A shared security direction across 300+ offices. Incident response, third-party risk, and executive accountability that respected the realities of a global creative network.
PANASONIC AVIONICS
From design
through delivery.
Product, software, and platform security in a global aviation environment. Threat modeling, secure development, and product response embedded through the engineering lifecycle.
THE CAREER
A wider perspective.
2023—PresentBCAWR
Chief Information Security Officer
BCAWR
Chief Information Security Officer
Lead Cyber Advisor to the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office. Connecting threat intelligence, incident readiness, and critical-infrastructure risk with executive decisions.
2022—2023Panasonic Avionics
Global Head of Cybersecurity · Interim
Panasonic Avionics
Global Head of Cybersecurity · Interim
Product, software, and platform security through design, production, and delivery. Security engineering across Product Security and Information Security.
2020—2021Albert
Global Head of Information Security
Albert
Global Head of Information Security
First security hire at a cloud-native fintech. Built the security program from the ground up.
2019—2020Sigue / FIX-Forex
CISO & Data Protection Officer
Sigue / FIX-Forex
CISO & Data Protection Officer
Security, privacy, incident response, and board-level accountability in financial services.
2017—2018TBWA Worldwide
Chief Information Security Officer
TBWA Worldwide
Chief Information Security Officer
Global security leadership across more than 300 offices in approximately 100 countries.
2013—2017Media Arts Lab
Global Director of Information Security
Media Arts Lab
Global Director of Information Security
Apple-account secrecy and information protection across five international hubs and 26 offices.
2011—2012RAND Corporation
Information Security Engineer
RAND Corporation
Information Security Engineer
Cyber investigations and defense of classified research against sophisticated adversaries.
WHY THIS WORK
“Protecting confidential pre-launch work has been some of the most challenging and rewarding work of my career.”Xavier Charles Motley
FORTHCOMING / OCTOBER 31, 2026
The Chief Information Security Officer
Operating System
A field guide for the modern security function.
THE NEXT CHAPTER
Important work
deserves thoughtful
security leadership.
Senior security leadership.
Selective fractional and advisory engagements.