Richard Hayton

Automotive Task Force Co-Chair

Qualcomm

Richard is Chair of the TES Committee and Co-Chair of the Automotive Task Force at GlobalPlatform, where he contributes to the organization’s technical initiatives, bringing over 30 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. He is a regular speaker and influencer in the cybersecurity arena.

Richard recently joined Qualcomm. Prior to this, he spent 10 years as CTO at Trustonic, a leading TEE provider.  Before that, he held various roles at Citrix including Chief Architect, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer. Over the last 30 years, he has led projects ranging from embedded software to global enterprise systems, with a focus on security and user and developer experience.

He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge University, where he focused on identity federation for users, devices, and services.