Ethan Lo

Ethan Lo is a senior technical leader with deep experience architecting privacy, governance, and data infrastructure in highly regulated enterprise environments. As Chief Architect at Ethyca, he leads the technical strategy for Fides and drives the evolution of Ethyca’s Trusted Data Layer, embedding automated governance and privacy controls directly into modern data systems so organizations can operationalize regulatory requirements at scale.

Ethan’s career spans large-scale financial services engineering and global security leadership. Prior to Ethyca, he was a Senior Distinguished Engineer at Capital One, where he led privacy engineering frameworks and held senior leadership roles across data storage, access, and cloud governance, with a focus on automating compliance through system-level controls. He also served as CIO and Chief Information Security Officer at Premise Data, overseeing global technology and security strategy for a platform operating across 140 countries.

Earlier in his career, he held engineering and advisory roles at PwC, MITRE, Booz Allen Hamilton, and IBM, building durable systems where trust, resilience, and security are designed into the architecture from day one.

HIGHLIGHTS

Chief Architect, Ethyca

Leads technical strategy for Ethyca’s trusted data layer for enterprise AI. Architects the Fides platform and the infrastructure patterns that automate data governance, privacy, and AI oversight so policy can be enforced reliably across modern enterprise stacks.
2026 - Present

Senior Director / Senior Distinguished Engineer, Capital One

Scaled the Privacy Engineering organization and later led the Data Lakehouse group, modernizing a petabyte-scale data environment. Balanced high-velocity data access for artificial intelligence and machine learning with the governance, reliability, and audit standards required of a major financial institution.
2024 - 2026

Chief Information Officer / Acting Chief Information Security Officer, Premise Data

Directed global technology and security through hyper-growth, building and leading the engineering and operations organization across data platform, developer platform, cybersecurity, and cloud operations. Delivered a secure, observable platform serving enterprise customers and millions of users across 140+ countries, while driving major compliance milestones including SOC 2 Type II and CCPA/GDPR readiness.
2020 - 2024

Head of Cloud Governance Engineering, Capital One

Led engineering for Cloud Custodian, Capital One’s open-source cloud governance automation technology. Oversaw multiple teams building policy and rules-engine capabilities that improved security posture and enforced compliance and cost controls at scale across a large cloud footprint.
2019 - 2020

ROLE

Ethan brings a rare mix of privacy engineering depth, cloud governance expertise, and executive operating experience. His track record building automation-first governance in complex, regulated environments makes him uniquely qualified to architect Ethyca’s trusted data layer and help enterprises turn regulatory requirements into durable, enforceable systems.

Articles by Ethan

Consent Lifecycle Management
Automate, Enforce, and Scale
May 27, 2026

AI and Data Privacy
The Concerns Are Real and So Are the Solutions
Apr 25, 2026

Third-Party Cookie Deprecation
Here’s What Privacy Teams Need to Know
Apr 06, 2026

Data Privacy Compliance
A Guide For Modern Businesses
Mar 23, 2026