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George Kichukov
Field CTO
George Kichukov brings over two decades of expertise in software development, enterprise architecture, and technology leadership to his role as Financial Services Field CTO for GitLab. His career began in the startup ecosystem, where he spent five years developing name-matching technologies deployed across government, defense, and financial services. George transitioned into solution architecture, where he guided financial institutions in modernizing their application development practices. Prior to GitLab, George spent 12 years at a large financial services organization leading developer services, application security programs and DevOps infrastructure automation platforms. In his current role at GitLab, George partners with financial services organizations, helping them achieve their strategic objectives in DevOps, DevSecOps, Developer Experience, SDLC compliance, and using AI across software development.