Silvano Silva serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Nevro, a publicly traded medical device company focused on transforming the treatment of chronic pain. With a background in electronic engineering and early experience in low-level hardware and networking, Silvano brings a deeply technical lens to cybersecurity leadership. His career spans Fortune 100 companies, SaaS startups, and groundbreaking cleantech ventures, all of which have shaped his unique perspective on security as a business enabler. At Nevro, he secures a platform that integrates Bluetooth-enabled spinal implants and AI-driven analytics to improve quality of life for patients suffering from neuropathic pain.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- Why high-frequency spinal stimulation is a game changer in chronic pain treatment
- How Nevro’s medical device ecosystem uses AI and Bluetooth to personalize therapy
- Why Silvano believes CISOs must communicate risk in financial terms
- How to make cybersecurity investments tangible for CFOs and boards
- Why being a business enabler—not just a protector—is the CISO’s real role
- How Silvano’s early engineering career and curiosity led him to security leadership
- What it’s like jumping between Fortune 100s and high-pressure startups
- The key difference between compliance frameworks and true risk management
In this episode…
Silvano Silva details how Nevro is using high-frequency spinal stimulation to offer life-changing relief for chronic pain sufferers—especially those with type 2 diabetes. He explains how the implantable device communicates via Bluetooth with a mobile app and cloud infrastructure, creating a highly personalized AI-driven therapy model. As Nevro's CISO, Silvano's responsibility is not just technical—it's also deeply strategic, as he ensures patient safety, data integrity, and organizational security.
Silvano redefines the CISO’s job as less about "protection" and more about "translation"—turning risk into business language that boards and executives can act on. He shares his process for assigning dollar values to risk scenarios and prioritizing security investments based on return on risk reduction. His focus on using financial framing to drive executive buy-in offers a blueprint for any security leader seeking strategic relevance.
He also opens up about his career journey, from engineering and networking to high-growth SaaS and cleantech startups. Silvano reflects on the power of intellectual curiosity, his pattern of alternating between startups and established enterprises, and how each phase helped develop both his leadership and technical range. His story is a testament to growth through reinvention and a constant pursuit of impact.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Matthew Connor on LinkedIn
CyberLynx
Silvano Silva on LinkedIn
Nevro Website
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