Meet Dr. David Whyte, Co-Founder and CTO of Tidal Point

At Tidal Point, David Whyte is the driving force behind our technology vision. As Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer, he leads the development of solutions that help businesses seamlessly integrate AI, privacy, and security into their everyday operations—empowering organizations to stay resilient and innovative in a fast-changing digital world.

Beyond his work at Tidal Point, David plays an active role in shaping the global conversation around AI and cybersecurity. He is a Learning Facilitator for MIT Professional Education’s Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation course and serves as Head of Cyber Security for Gen AI Global, a professional network created with MIT to accelerate the adoption of generative AI across industries.

Before co-founding Tidal Point, David held leadership roles at some of the world’s most influential organizations. At the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland, he served as Head of Corporate Security and later founded the Cyber Resilience Coordination Centre (CRCC). There, he spearheaded initiatives to strengthen cyber defenses for a central banking community representing 63 countries—covering a remarkable 95% of global GDP. His work ranged from leading a global Security Operations Centre to running cyber range exercises and intelligence-driven threat hunting.

Earlier in his career, David was Technical Director of Cyber Defence at Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE), where he oversaw the development of next-generation cyber threat detection for the federal government.

David holds a PhD in Computer Science from Carleton University and a Master’s in System Design and Management from MIT.