Mary Ann Davidson

Mary Ann Davidson was the Chief Security Officer of Oracle Corporation. In August 2025, Bloomberg reports that she will be stepping down after serving for over 35 years.

Early life Davidson attended the Severn School, a preparatory high school for the Naval Academy, graduating in 1976.

Career at Oracle Davidson joined Oracle in 1988, as a product manager in Oracle's financial software business unit.

Security at Oracle Davidson's involvement in computer security dates to 1993, when she took a position as product marketing manager in Oracle's secure systems business unit. She has served on the Defense Science Board and as a member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency. She has testified about cybersecurity before a number of committees in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate Committee.

Davidson has a BSME from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She has also served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, during which she was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.

In August 2015, Davidson published a blog post criticizing engineers who use static analysis tools to find and report potential vulnerabilities in Oracle software. Articles about her post soon appeared on technology news sites, where comments were extremely critical of its content and tone. The post was subsequently removed.