Cyber Defense Director
McLane Company, Inc. · Transportation & Logistics
Temple, TX · Hybrid
Compensation not disclosed
VP-equivalent
CLI Career Level
74
Opportunity
Above average · Last verified 1 hour ago
Cyber leadership profile
McLane Company, Inc.
McLane Company is a large-scale supply chain services provider delivering food and beverage products to convenience stores, mass merchants, and restaurants across the United States. It operates one of the nation's largest private fleets and a network of over 80 distribution centers. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, managing complex logistics and inventory for thousands of retail locations.
- Industry
- Transportation & Logistics
- Headcount
- 10,000+ employees
- Headquarters
- Temple, Texas
- Ownership
- Public company · NYSE:BRK.A
- Revenue
- Over $10B
- Funding
- Publicly traded
- Founded
- 1894
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 74
1 leadership role observed in the last 12 months. CLI has no coverage of the prior year for this employer. Counts reflect roles McLane Company, Inc. posted that CLI has observed and published; they are not a complete record of the employer's hiring.
Security leadership
Jerry Carr
VP & Chief Information Security OfficerHiring influence: HighInferredHigh confidenceAs VP and CISO, he is the primary decision-maker for security strategy, technology procurement, and departmental hiring.
Bill Fanning
Senior Vice President & Chief Information OfficerHiring influence: HighStated publiclyHigh confidenceOversees the broader IT organization and likely serves as the executive sponsor for security initiatives.
Jason Scheel
Director of Information Security OperationsHiring influence: ModerateInferredHigh confidenceLeads the security operations center and incident response functions, reporting to the CISO.
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 size20–50 peopleModerate confidence
The security organization is centralized under the CISO, who reports to the SVP & CIO. The team includes specialized directors for operations and governance.
Major functions
Security Operations Center (SOC)Incident ResponseCybersecurity Governance & ComplianceIdentity and Access Management (IAM)Infrastructure Security
Maturity indicators
- Established CISO role reporting to IT leadership
- Dedicated 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) functionality
- Active recruitment for specialized roles in security engineering and analysis
McLane maintains a mature security posture characterized by specialized leadership roles in operations and governance, consistent with a large-scale logistics provider.
Organization figures are CLI estimates, not disclosures. High confidence
Technologies observed
AWSCloud1 posting
NIST CSFFramework1 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 September 19, 2026.