Barbara Lawler is a globally recognized data and privacy leader, who has been an active member of the data policy landscape since 1999. She is the CPO at Intuit, makers of TurboTax®, QuickBooks®, and Mint® and leads global implementation of data stewardship, privacy by design and ethical data innovation directly benefiting consumers. She leads a team that works with product developers and data scientists to deliver practical, innovative data governance decision-making tools. Intuit has finished in the top 10 “Most Trusted Company for Privacy” since 2006.
Before Intuit, Ms. Lawler spent over 20 years in data management, marketing and privacy roles at Hewlett Packard, and was their first CPO. She is Chair of the Ponemon Institute RIM Council Advisory Board and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Information Accountability Foundation (IAF) Advisory Board. She is a previous member of the IAPP Board of Directors, speaks frequently on privacy and information ethics, participates in policymaker discussions, and has testified four times before the U.S. Congress.
Beyond the office Barb supports youth arts programs and recently launched a small Foundation to support young peoples’ participation. She is on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Council of San Francisco.