Cal Krome is a mission-driven IT executive with more than 20 years of experience leading corporate IT and internal systems in fast-growing, cloud-based organizations. He serves as Head of IT at Calm, where he leads infrastructure strategy, cybersecurity, and scalable systems that support a fully remote workforce.
Throughout his career, Cal has helped organizations manage rapid growth and operational change. At Lyft, he played a key role in expanding the company’s global footprint. During a period of hypergrowth, he helped build more than 40 offices worldwide. He also developed the IT playbook and scaled the department to support that growth.
Cal’s experience includes AI-enabled IT operations, zero-trust security, and cloud infrastructure. He also works with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and HIPAA. His focus is aligning IT strategy with broader business goals while maintaining reliable and secure systems.
On Go Beyond the Connection, Cal shares practical insight on building resilient technology environments that support both people and growth. He explains how automation, security, and thoughtful infrastructure design help organizations scale without adding unnecessary complexity. Known for combining empathy with operational discipline, Cal focuses on creating systems that are secure, reliable, and easy for teams to use.
Cal Krome, Head of IT at Calm, shares how trust-based processes and early automation reduce onboarding friction and keep remote workforces running securely at scale. In Episode 015, he explains why IT’s most important job is to stay out of the way while keeping everything secure.
