George Kichukov is a technology executive with over 20 years of experience transforming how software is built and delivered in global financial services. As Field CTO at GitLab, he works with leading enterprises to accelerate secure software delivery through DevSecOps, platform engineering and agentic AI across the full software development lifecycle, helping organizations deliver faster, reduce risk and improve developer experience at scale.
Before GitLab, George spent 12 years at Citi leading developer services, application security programs and DevOps automation platforms, responsible for secure software delivery across 30K+ developers. His career began in the startup ecosystem, where he spent five years developing name-matching technologies deployed across government, defense, and financial services, before transitioning into solution architecture and consulting roles guiding financial institutions in modernizing their application development practices. His expertise spans governance controls for software delivery in regulated environments, software supply chain security and how agentic AI can increase velocity for teams and enterprises across the full software development lifecycle.