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Brian Wald

Global Head of Field CTO · GitLab · verified 2026-09-04

Brian Wald is the global head of field CTO at GitLab and a technology executive with experience spanning software engineering, DevOps, enterprise architecture, and executive strategy. He has spent his career helping organizations navigate large-scale technology change, from modernizing software delivery and operating models to adopting new platforms and ways of working. Brian established the field CTO organization at GitLab and has advised hundreds of enterprise technology leaders on cloud modernization, platform engineering, security, developer productivity, and the organizational changes required to make those efforts successful. His current work centers on how AI is changing enterprise software delivery, from the way teams build and review software to the systems, controls, and operating models needed to use it responsibly at scale.

From a paper they wrote for us, 2026