Julie Davila

Julie Davila is VP of Product Security at GitLab, where she enables critical infrastructure software factories to develop secure software faster. Her career has spanned from US Army service to NASA, where she helped implement the first federal AWS migration.

Julie built early AWS integrations at Ansible, grew a multi-million dollar consulting practice at RedHat, co-founded the email security startup ZibaSec (achieving FedRAMP authorization in under two years), and built the global field CTO team at Sophos. She is passionate about finding diverse engineering talent, prioritizing employee well-being, and mentoring women and veterans in technology. Julie's approach balances technical innovation with practical security—always believing the hardest problems are best tackled with a team you can trust.