Laz Montano serves as the chief technology risk and security officer for Voya Financial, responsible for providing leadership, management and strategy for all aspects of technology risk and information security. His first and second lines of defense teams manage and align the company to industry best practices. They take a broad, risk-based approach in effectively safeguarding company, employee and customer information across Voya products, channels and lines of business.

Laz joined Voya in June 2014, bringing more than 25 years of information technology and security experience to his role. Before joining Voya, Laz was the chief information security officer at MetLife, a Fortune 50 financial services company spanning 46 countries with 70,000 employees, serving 90 million customers. He was accountable for the creation and maintenance of security infrastructure, information security policy, risk assessments, incident response, security awareness and training programs.

Laz completed his undergraduate studies at Charter Oak College and the University of Connecticut, and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT).