Anthony Candeias

Anthony Candeias is a Chief Information Security Officer at a leading hedge fund and an active angel investor in cybersecurity and AI startups.

Previously, Anthony served as CISO and VP of IT at WeightWatchers, where he built and led the company's security program. Before that, he was Director of Cybersecurity at Columbia University. He began his career at Goldman Sachs and the Ford Foundation.

Throughout his career, Anthony has developed deep experience investigating and building defenses against nation-state APTs.

Anthony has taught graduate-level cybersecurity courses at Columbia, NYU, and Fordham for over a decade. He holds master's degrees from Columbia University and Fordham University, where he also earned his bachelor's degree in Computer Systems.