CXO Cadre

Orange County, California · Global reach

The core group of technology and security executives. One table, straight counsel, shared intelligence — under the Chatham House Rule, always off the record.

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Happening in the Cadre

Next dinner · Wednesday, September 23

AI Innovation Dinner at Mastro's Steakhouse with Crush Security

A private dining room · Costa Mesa, California

Your peers will be there1.5 CPE

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The Desk

One text. Every answer.

Members don’t search a website. They text the desk from an approved number — RSVP, arrange, ask anything about the club — and it’s handled in seconds, any hour, anywhere in the world.

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Am I confirmed for Thursday? And can I bring my deputy?

You’re confirmed — seat 9. Your deputy has an invitation for your +1; the table stands at 16 of 18. Arrival from 6:30.

Parking?

Valet at the coast entrance — the house covers it.

Why “Cadre”

We chose the word deliberately.

cad·re /ˈkad-rā/ · noun

1.A small group of specially trained people.
2.The core group of leaders around which an organization is built.
3.The framework on which a larger force is organized.

All three, for the executives who carry technology and security — CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and the senior leaders beside them. A trusted room of true peers: no pitching, no audience, no recorder. Where a table has a sponsor, they are chosen before the invitations go out, they come as senior leadership, and they speak to the topic — never the product.

The Table

Private dinners in Southern California’s finest rooms — and CPE credits issued automatically for every one.

The Cadre, on record

A desk-verified directory of true peers — every member carries a permanent number, a level, and the blue seal. Levels open the doors: intelligence, searches, board seats.

Field Notes

“Why dinner, not another webinar?” Because the risk register no one publishes only comes out over a table of eighteen, under the Chatham House Rule, with the recorder off. That’s the club. — The Founder

Built by leaders, for leaders — and kept that way.

Membership is by invitation, reserved for senior technology and security executives. You are welcome to apply — every application is reviewed personally by the desk to preserve a room of true peers.