Director of Security
Lightspeed DMS · Software
South Jordan, UT · Remote
$100,000 – $180,000 base, disclosed
Employer title: Director, Security
Director-equivalent
CLI Career Level
73
Opportunity
Above average · Last verified 2 minutes ago
Cyber leadership profile
Lightspeed DMS
Lightspeed provides dealer management system (DMS) software specifically for the powersports, RV, marine, and trailer industries. The platform handles sales, service, inventory management, and financial reporting for thousands of dealerships across North America. Formerly a division of CDK Global, the company now operates as an independent entity under private equity ownership.
- Industry
- Software
- Headcount
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Ownership
- Private equity backed
- Revenue
- $50M – $250M
- Funding
- Private equity backed
- Founded
- 1984
- Investors
- Brookfield Business Partners
Cyber hiring activity
Open leadership roles
1
1 at Director level or above
Opened, last 12 months
1
1 Director+
Prior 12 months
0
Hiring velocity
Low
Median Opportunity Score 73
1 leadership role observed in the last 12 months. CLI has no coverage of the prior year for this employer. Counts reflect roles Lightspeed DMS posted that CLI has observed and published; they are not a complete record of the employer's hiring.
Security leadership
Steven Torgersen
Chief Technology OfficerHiring influence: HighStated publiclyHigh confidenceAs the top technology executive, he oversees the engineering and infrastructure foundations that security teams support.
Dave De Venoge
Vice President of OperationsHiring influence: HighInferredModerate confidenceDirects the operational and service delivery aspects of the platform, including uptime and system integrity.
People are recorded only from public sources. Where a role in the hierarchy is inferred rather than stated, CLI labels it so you can weigh it yourself.
Approach
Open any live role below for its full approach path: the likely hiring owner, the decision circle around them, and the strongest route in.
Security organization
Estimated team size5–15 peopleLow confidence
Security functions typically roll up through the CTO or VP of Operations, following a standard B2B SaaS structure. Data privacy and compliance are key drivers due to the sensitive nature of dealership financial data.
Major functions
Cloud Security (AWS)Application SecurityCompliance & Auditing (SOC2)Infrastructure Security
Maturity indicators
- SOC 2 Type II Compliance
- Dedicated DevOps/SRE function for security patching
The organization maintains a high level of operational maturity focused on dealership data protection and uptime, following its separation from CDK Global.
Organization figures are CLI estimates, not disclosures. High confidence
Leadership changes
Jul 2022
Brookfield Completes Acquisition of CDK Global (Lightspeed Parent)
Organisational changeHigh confidenceLightspeed DMS was acquired by Brookfield Business Partners from CDK Global for $3.41 billion as part of a larger divestiture.
Source
Only publicly reported appointments, departures and reorganizations are recorded.
Technologies observed
DarktraceDetection1 posting
SOC 2Framework1 posting
Extracted verbatim from this employer's security postings. Absence from this list does not mean the tool is not in use.
Open cyber leadership roles
Cyber Leadership Index compiles these dossiers from public sources and the employer's own postings. Inferred figures are labelled with a confidence level; anything CLI cannot establish is shown as unknown rather than estimated. Last refreshed October 17, 2026.