Cyber Job Moves: New Executive Hires Signal Growth in Cloud, Identity, and AI Security | Week of June 7-13

Ashley Devoto - Department of the Air Force

Ashley Devoto has been selected as Chief Information Officer for the Department of the Air Force. Devoto brings more than two decades of experience in cybersecurity, technology modernization, risk management, and digital transformation initiatives. She recently served as CISO at Discount Tire and also advises Cyberstarts and NightDragon. Devoto held senior cybersecurity positions at Booz Allen Hamilton, CISO Global, Bank of America, EY, and has over 17 years of service in Air Force cyber operations roles. (source)

Daniel J. Ryan - Zions Bancorporation

Daniel J. Ryan has been elected to the board of directors at Zions Bancorporation. The retired PwC partner brings more than 40 years of experience advising financial institutions on governance, risk management, regulatory matters, and cybersecurity oversight. His work has included board effectiveness reviews, audit committee assessments, and internal control programs for U.S. banks. Ryan will serve on the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Audit Committee, and Risk Oversight Committee. (source)

Greg Notch - Expel

Greg Notch moved into the Chief Technology Officer role at Expel, an MDR company, leading engineering, AI, data science, detection and response, and the SOC after previously serving as the company's CSO and CISO. Before this transition, Notch spent 14 years at the NHL, culminating as Senior Vice President of Information Technology & Security, where he led cloud transformation, zero trust implementation, and the league's full security program. His background also includes earlier infrastructure and operations roles at Yahoo prior to his NHL tenure. (source)

Michelle Griffith - TransUnion

Michelle Griffith stepped into the SVP of Cyber Governance, Risk and Compliance role at TransUnion, bringing deep GRC leadership experience to the credit reporting company. Griffith comes from InterContinental Hotels Group, where she spent nearly 12 years, most recently as VP of Security Governance, Risk & Compliance, building cybersecurity risk quantification programs, GenAI governance frameworks, and corporate compliance capabilities across global operations. Further back, she held a Director of Enterprise Security, Risk & Compliance role at First Data Corporation and before that served as Information Security Officer Manager at SunTrust Bank. (source)

Jon H. - McDonald

At McDonald's, Jon H. now leads cloud infrastructure, operations, enablement, and security as Senior Director, overseeing platform engineering, architecture, DevOps, and strategic partners. The move follows nearly four years as Global Director of Cloud Security at the same company, where he drove a 97% reduction in toxic risk combinations across AWS, GCP, and Azure platforms. Earlier in his McDonald's tenure, Jon served as Cloud Security Product Manager before stepping into IT project management roles. (source)

Jen Thompson - Dropzone AI

Jen Thompson joined Dropzone AI as Head of Product Marketing, focused on telling the story of the company's agentic SOC platform. Thompson comes from N-able, where she led product marketing for the security operations business following N-able's acquisition of Adlumin, a role she had originally held at Adlumin as Senior Director of Product Marketing since 2022. Further back, Thompson spent over four years as Head of Product Marketing at Expel, where she built the product marketing function from the ground up for the MDR company. (source)

Dr. Blake Curtis - Capital One

Dr. Blake Curtis joined Capital One as Senior Leader for ISO, Cyber Risk and Global Payments Governance, bringing deep expertise in AI risk management and cyber governance to the financial services company. Most recently, Curtis served as Senior Leader for AI Risk Management, Strategy and Governance at Amazon Web Services, building GenAI risk evaluation mechanisms across the AI development lifecycle. Before that, he spent over three years at Deloitte progressing to Global Cybersecurity Strategy & Program Manager, where he scaled the firm's Secure System Development Lifecycle framework across 33 geographies. (source)

Irina E. - Ignyte Assurance Platform

Irina E. joined Ignyte Assurance Platform as Marketing Manager, bringing a combined background in cybersecurity and marketing to the GRC-focused company. She arrives from a period of independent work, running her own social media consultancy for cybersecurity companies and managing social media for FastNetMon on a contract basis. Her earlier work included a GRC Specialist role building a compliance program from the ground up, and before that a year as Information Security Analyst at Stride, Inc., leading cybersecurity awareness initiatives for a workforce of over 6,000 employees. (source)

Natalie Moore - iCOUNTER

Natalie Moore has taken on the role of Business Development Representative Team Lead at iCOUNTER. Moore brings experience spanning cybersecurity sales and marketing. She joined iCOUNTER from Bird Rock Systems, where she advanced from Business Development Representative to Account Manager during a two-year tenure. Earlier in her career, she completed a marketing internship at SafeGuard Cyber, gaining experience in the cybersecurity sector while supporting outreach and brand initiatives. (source)

Oren Yam - ORION Security

Oren Yam joined ORION Security as VP of R&D, stepping into an engineering leadership role at the cybersecurity company. He arrives from Panorays, a third-party risk management platform, where he spent nearly four years as Director of Engineering, leading four full-stack teams and driving the company's shift to CI/CD and daily deployments. Further back, Yam spent over five years at HiredScore, progressing from founding software engineer to Full Stack Team Lead before the company was acquired by Workday. (source)

Nupur Abrol - Software Analyst Cyber Research

Nupur Abrol was promoted to Director of Marketing & CISO Programs at Software Analyst Cyber Research, stepping up after nine months as Senior Manager of Digital Marketing and Events at the same firm. Before joining Software Analyst Cyber Research, Abrol worked as a Digital Marketing Consultant and held a contract Digital Marketing Manager role at Anamorphiq. Further back, she spent nearly three years as Digital Account Manager at North Strategic, managing paid media and social campaigns for clients including Google Cloud and Metrolinx. (source)

Faisal Rahman - Aryon Security

Faisal Rahman joined Aryon Security as Chief Revenue Officer, bringing extensive cybersecurity sales leadership experience to the cloud security company. He arrives from WitnessAI, where he spent over two years progressing from VP of Sales to Chief Business Officer. Before that, Rahman held a Regional Sales Director role at Exabeam for over nine years, and earlier spent nearly a decade as Senior Director of Sales Engineering at Imperva. (source)

Earl Duby - McKesson

Earl Duby was promoted to Vice President of Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance at McKesson, a Fortune 7 healthcare company, after a year serving as Corporate BISO at the same firm. Before joining McKesson, Duby maintained several concurrent advisory and community roles, including co-founding The CXO Forum and co-hosting the CISO Insights webinar series on BrightTALK alongside Dan Lohrmann. His background also includes an investor role at AI security company Cranium and an advisor position at XFactor.io. (source)

Cole Moss - Onyx Security

Cole Moss joined Onyx Security as Senior Account Executive covering the Midwest, focused on enterprise sales for the company's AI agent control plane platform. Most recently, Moss was at Wiz as Enterprise Account Executive for Central US, covering the Chicago and Midwest market for over a year. Before that, he spent two years as Enterprise Account Executive at Seemplicity, finishing as the company's global top performer for FY25, and earlier held enterprise sales roles at Aviatrix and Okta. (source)

Kerrie Rayman - Zafran Security

Kerrie Rayman joined Zafran Security as Technical Account Manager, where she now owns strategic relationships with enterprise customers and supports adoption of the company's exposure management platform. She arrives from Qualys, where she spent over two years as Technical Account Manager managing a $3.2 million enterprise portfolio across vulnerability management and compliance programs. Before that, Rayman held a Senior Technical Account Manager role at Exabeam and earlier served as Senior Cyber Risk Analyst at PeaceHealth. (source)

Justin Hadler - Onyx Security

Justin Hadler joined Onyx Security as Senior Account Executive covering the Midwest, focused on helping enterprises secure and govern AI agents and models. The move follows a seven-month Enterprise Account Executive role at Doppel and before that a year and a half at World Wide Technology as a Technical Solutions Architect specializing in AI security. Further back, Hadler spent five years at Tanium progressing from Director of Strategic Accounts to Regional Vice President of Sales, and two years as Regional Sales Manager at BigID. (source)

Theresa Lanowitz - Omdia

Theresa Lanowitz has joined Omdia as Principal Analyst and will be focusing on vulnerability and risk management. She will examine how organizations identify, prioritize, and address security risks while adopting emerging technologies. Lanowitz arrives from LevelBlue, where she served as Chief Evangelist and earlier, worked for seven years at Gartner researching application quality and security. Lanowitz founded the analyst firm Voke, which she led for nearly 14 years. (source)

Rahul K. Rao - Times Internet

Rahul K. Rao has been selected as Chief Information Officer at Times Internet. He brings more than 15 years of experience spanning cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise technology, and digital transformation initiatives. Rao joins the company after holding senior technology positions at Pine Labs, Apollo Tyres, Bharti Airtel, and Accenture. Throughout his career, he has worked on technology modernization, platform scalability, and operational resilience programs supporting large organizations. (source)

Joel Molinoff - iCOUNTER

Joel Molinoff has joined iCOUNTER as Chief Operating Officer. He has nearly three decades of experience spanning cybersecurity, enterprise risk, operations, and security leadership. Molinoff led third-party risk products and services and served as Vice Chairman at BlueVoyant. Earlier, he spent more than a decade at CBS Corporation, advancing from Chief Information Security Officer to Executive Vice President and Chief Information Risk Officer. Molinoff's background also includes intelligence positions within the U.S. government, including assignments with the National Security Agency and the White House. (source)

Wael Mohamed - Rapid7

Wael Mohamed has taken the helm as Chief Executive Officer at Rapid7. He joined the company's board of directors in 2025. Mohamed most recently founded and led Global Forward Capital, a cybersecurity-focused investment firm. Earlier, he was Chief Executive Officer of Forescout and spent more than a decade at Trend Micro, advancing through senior operating roles to become President, Chief Operating Officer, and board member. He also co-founded server security company Third Brigade, which was acquired by Trend Micro in 2009. (source)

Corey Thomas - Rapid7

Corey Thomas has moved from Chief Executive Officer to Executive Chair at Rapid7 following more than 14 years leading the cybersecurity company. He joined the organization in 2008 as Senior Vice President and later guided its growth into a publicly traded security vendor serving enterprises worldwide. Thomas also served as Chairman and CEO, helping shape the company's long-term strategy and market position. In his new role, he will continue advising on technology vision, artificial intelligence initiatives, and policy matters. (source)

Rafe Brown - Rapid7

Rafe Brown has joined Rapid7 as Chief Financial Officer. He brings over three decades of experience in finance, operations, and executive management across cybersecurity, enterprise software, and technology companies. Brown most recently worked as an Operating Partner at Francisco Partners Consulting following his roles at Mimecast, where he advanced from Chief Financial Officer to President and Chief Operating Officer. Brown has also held senior finance positions at Salesforce, Cisco Systems, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Arthur Andersen. (source)

Allan Peters - Rapid7

Allan Peters stepped into the role of Chief Commercial Officer at Rapid7, where he will oversee commercial strategy and support the company's expansion across security operations and exposure management markets. Peters has over two decades of experience leading revenue organizations at cybersecurity and enterprise software companies. Most recently, Peters served as Chief Revenue Officer at Secureworks following similar positions at Qualys and Trustwave. Earlier, he held senior sales and go-to-market roles at Symantec, SecurityFocus, and BigFix, helping scale security businesses through periods of growth and acquisition. (source)

Dan Deklich - Rapid7

Dan Deklich assumed the position of Chief Product and Technology Officer at Rapid7 to drive product innovation and execution across the company's security operations and exposure management platform. He oversees the company's product management, engineering, artificial intelligence, data science, and platform teams. Deklich has served as Chief Development Officer at Aisera, where he led engineering, AI research, and MLOps efforts supporting generative AI technologies for enterprise customers. Deklich also brings experience from his work at RingCentral, 8x8, Splunk, NICE Systems, and IBM Research. (source)

Casey Watson - Sonatype

Casey Watson now serves as Chief Revenue Officer at Sonatype. He brings more than three decades of experience in software engineering, enterprise technology, and sales. Most recently, Watson led North American sales at OneTrust and earlier held senior positions at VMware Tanzu, R3, Siemplify, and Docker. Throughout his career, he has built and scaled teams supporting high-growth technology organizations and complex enterprise environments. At Sonatype, he will oversee global revenue strategy and go-to-market execution. (source)

Jason McClelland - Sonatype

Jason McClelland stepped into the role of Chief Marketing Officer at Sonatype. His appointment comes as the company continues investing in AI-driven software development and DevSecOps innovation. He brings experience leading growth, category creation, and marketing initiatives at enterprise technology companies including Salesforce, Adobe, Heroku, and DataStax. McClelland has worked with both established platforms and emerging technologies, helping organizations expand market presence and customer adoption. (source)

Sherri Manning - Sonatype

Sherri Manning has taken on the position of Chief Human Resources Officer at Sonatype, where she will oversee talent, culture, and workforce programs. She brings nearly three decades of experience developing people strategies and supporting workforce growth at technology organizations. Most recently, Manning served as Chief People Officer at Olo, where she led human resources initiatives focused on employee engagement and development. Earlier, she held HR leadership roles at BigCommerce and Q2, helping scale teams during periods of expansion. (source)

Clint Gibler - OpenAI

Clint Gibler joined OpenAI as Member of Technical Staff, leading the company's cyber efforts focused on AI-powered vulnerability detection, secure code generation, and defender tooling. He arrives from Semgrep, where he spent over six years, most recently as Head of Research, helping build the widely adopted open source security code scanning tool. Further back, Gibler spent over four years at NCC Group progressing from Security Consultant to Technical Director, specializing in application security, static analysis, and DevSecOps. (source)

Matanel Mann - Upwind Security

Matanel Mann joined Upwind Security as Solutions Architect, partnering with customers through pre-sales to address cloud security challenges using the company's runtime intelligence platform. He arrives from Snyk, where he spent over two years progressing from Solution Engineer to Senior Technical Support Engineer, resolving complex issues across vulnerability scanning, CI/CD, and container security. Before that, Mann held a Solution Engineer and Digital Adoption Consultant role at WalkMe, supporting global customers on implementation and enablement projects. (source)

Jessica Wachtel - Maze

Jessica Wachtel moved into the Senior Manager, Content and Product Marketing role at Maze, where she now supports content and product marketing efforts for the cloud security company. Before this move, Jessica Wachtel served as Senior Manager, Content at PointFive and previously worked as a Content Strategist at InfluxData, leading content programs for technology-focused organizations. Her earlier work included roles as an AI Product Specialist at The New Stack and a Software Engineer with the open-source DenoStore project. (source)

Jennifer Franks - U.S. Government Accountability Office

Jennifer Franks has been selected as Acting Chief Technology Officer at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The appointment follows more than 20 years with the agency, where she advanced from Information Technology Specialist to Director of Information Technology and Cybersecurity. In her current role, she oversees reviews examining federal agencies' cybersecurity programs, IT operations, and their ability to protect sensitive information and critical systems. (source)

Stacy Bostjanick - Teramis

Stacy Bostjanick has joined the advisory board at Teramis. She recently moved into the private sector as Vice President of Government Services Strategy at Cybersec Investments following nearly seven years with the Department of Defense. Most recently, Bostjanick served as Chief of Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity within the Office of the DoD CIO, where she helped shape cybersecurity requirements affecting defense contractors and supply chain security programs. She became one of the most visible leaders associated with the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification initiative and broader Defense Industrial Base cyber efforts. (source)

Chad H. - Texas Attorney General's Office

Chad H. was appointed CISO of the Texas Attorney General's Office, leading cybersecurity, AI, threat intelligence, and cyber resilience initiatives for the state agency. Before this move, he built an extensive private sector career spanning 25-plus years in cyber transformation, ransomware response, and breach management, including advisory board roles at Securonix, Swimlane, and Krista. His background also includes membership in the Forbes Technology Council and a long track record advising organizations through complex cyber events. (source)

Nico Beardslee - Upwind Security

Nico Beardslee joined Upwind Security as RVP Enterprise West, leading the company's west enterprise sales team for the cloud and AI security platform. He arrives from Vectra AI, where he spent nearly six years progressing from Sales Director to Area VP of West and Central. Before that, Beardslee spent over five years at Cisco in security sales leadership roles across the West and Central regions, having originally joined through the OpenDNS acquisition. (source)

Andrew Becherer - Socket

Andrew Becherer joined Socket as CISO, taking on ownership of the company's internal security, IT, and trust programs at the software supply chain security platform protecting over 27,000 organizations. He arrives from Sublime Security, where he served as CISO for just over a year, and before that co-founded Staris AI, an AI-driven application security startup. His background also includes CISO roles at Datadog and Iterable, giving him broad experience securing engineering-led, developer-facing organizations. (source)

Kirk Appelman - Silent Push

Kirk Appelman stepped into the role of Senior Vice President of Global Sales at Silent Push. The move follows a series of leadership positions at cybersecurity companies including Synack, Finite State, EfficientIP, Illusive Networks, Cynet, GoSecure, Damballa, Proofpoint, and McAfee. Most recently, he led strategic accounts and North American sales teams at Synack. His background spans threat intelligence, attack surface management, network security, application security, and managed security services. (source)

Harshal Mehta - Direct Travel

Harshal Mehta joined Direct Travel as Vice President of Information Security, Risk and Compliance, taking on leadership of the security program at the travel management company. Most recently, Mehta served as CISO and Strategic Advisor at SecureX, and concurrently holds advisory roles at Onyxia Cyber and Dune Security. His background also includes a Sage Counsel position at Sagetap, reflecting a career that spans both operational security leadership and advisory work across the cybersecurity industry. (source)

Amit Peleg - Cyera

Amit Peleg joined Cyera as Solutions Architect, moving into a customer-facing technical role at the AI-powered data security company. He arrives from Spot, a Flexera company, where he spent over four years progressing from Cloud Monitoring & SRE Engineer to Team Lead. Earlier, Peleg served as a Technical Officer in Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 8200 and before that held a network operations role at Gilat Telecom. (source)

Scott Schults - Upwind Security

Scott Schults joined Upwind Security as Senior Channel Account Manager, focused on building partner relationships for the cloud and AI security platform. He arrives from Cloudflare, where he spent nearly four years progressing from Channel Account Manager to Senior Channel Account Manager covering the Texas region. Before that, Schults held channel sales roles at Keysight Technologies and Graylog, where he served as Global Channel Director before moving to Cloudflare. (source)

Alex Nehmy - Dragos

Alex Nehmy joined Dragos as Field CTO for APAC, focusing on securing critical infrastructure and operational technology across the Asia Pacific region following Dragos' acquisition of Phosphorus. He arrives from Phosphorus Cybersecurity, where he spent nearly two years as Regional CTO, and before that held Regional Chief Security Officer and Director of Industry 4.0 Strategy roles at Palo Alto Networks. Further back, Nehmy served as CISO of BAE Systems Australia, securing enterprise systems, classified networks, and defence projects. (source)

Tejeshwar Santanam - Zscaler

Tejeshwar Santanam joined Zscaler as Senior Field Marketing Manager for India, leading field marketing efforts for the cloud-native Zero Trust security company across the region. The move follows five years at Amazon Web Services, where he held Senior Marketing Manager and Senior Account Based Marketing Manager roles focused on India's IT and ITES business. Before that, Santanam spent four years as Field Marketing Manager at Cognizant and earlier served as Global Marketing Manager at Hexaware Technologies. (source)

Austin Allen - Exaforce

At Exaforce, an agentic AI platform focused on SOC automation, Austin Allen now leads technical pre-sales as a founding Senior Solutions Engineer, working directly with CISOs and SOC teams to build out the function from scratch. He arrives from Airlock Digital, where he spent nearly two years as Director of Global Solutions Architecture, building and scaling the SE team globally and achieving a 74% POC win rate. Before that, Allen spent four years at Pondurance progressing from Solutions Principal to Director of Solutions Architecture across the MDR provider's enterprise pre-sales organization. (source)

Haelin Oh - Cyera

Haelin Oh stepped into a Commercial Account Executive role at Cyera, an AI-era data security company, focused on helping organizations understand, secure, and govern their data. Before this move, Oh spent over two years at Drata as a Commercial Account Executive, building experience in compliance and security sales. Her background also includes a Senior Emerging Account Executive role at Okta and earlier account executive positions at Luminance covering identity and AI-powered legal technology sales. (source)

Lucas Johnstone - Upwind Security

Lucas Johnstone joined Upwind Security as its first Cloud Alliance Manager, tasked with building out the AWS co-sell, Security Hub, and Marketplace motion for the cloud-native security platform. The move follows four years at Mimecast, where Johnstone progressed from Business Development Representative to Technology Alliance Manager for the Americas, supporting AWS Marketplace expansion and technology partner integrations. Earlier, he completed a business development internship at Algorand while studying at Bryant University. (source)

Kristina Carpenter - Huntress

Kristina Carpenter stepped into the Senior Channel Marketing Manager role for Global Distribution at Huntress, supporting the cybersecurity company's partner ecosystem expansion and distributor relationships. She arrives from Cisco, where she spent 11 years, most recently as Partner Marketing Manager for Distribution, managing a $26 million annual budget and driving go-to-market strategy across Cisco's two-tier reseller partner network. Further back, Carpenter held inside sales and business development roles at NetApp, building channel and partner sales experience early in her career. (source)

Michael Pristin - Gray Swan

Michael Pristin joined Gray Swan as a Machine Learning Engineer, working alongside AI safety researchers to help ensure AI models are safer and more beneficial. He arrives from Northwest Bank, where he spent over a year and a half as a Quantitative Analyst focused on data engineering and financial modeling. His background also includes undergraduate research at Imperial College London on data imputation and classification problems, alongside several years as a calculus instructor at the Russian School of Mathematics. (source)

Aygun S. - Cyera

Aygun S. was appointed Chief Brand Officer at Cyera, an AI data security platform, expanding her scope after serving as the company's CMO since April 2025. Most recently before Cyera, she held a CMO role at Sanity, where she repositioned the company and helped double ARR within a year, and before that spent two years as VP of Product Marketing at Datadog, leading a team of 40-plus technical PMMs across six markets. Further back, Aygun S. spent over five years at Salesforce, culminating as Senior Director and Head of AI Product Marketing, where she led marketing for more than 50 AI products. (source)

Lawrence G. - Upwind Security

At Upwind Security, Lawrence G. now works in cloud and AI security, making a career transition into the cybersecurity industry from the financial services sector. The move follows nearly two years as Branch Manager at West Capital Lending, and before that a Mortgage Loan Officer role at Vision Mortgage Group. His earlier work included senior mortgage specialist and licensed lending officer positions at GoodLeap and loanDepot respectively. (source)

Rasmus Thomsen - Cyera

Rasmus Thomsen joined Cyera as the company's first GTM hire in the Nordics, tasked with establishing and scaling the AI data security platform's presence across the region. He arrives from Ping Identity, where he spent just over a year as Enterprise Account Executive in Copenhagen, and before that held senior account executive roles at RELEX Solutions and Sprinklr. Further back, Thomsen spent over five years at Salesforce Denmark as an Account Executive, joining as one of the company's first 25 employees in the market. (source)

Adam Hale - Upwind Security

Adam Hale stepped into an Account Executive role at Upwind Security covering Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming, joining the cloud security platform's growing west region team. Before this move, Hale spent ten months as Enterprise Account Executive at Halcyon before being impacted by a reduction in force, and prior to that nearly three years at CyberArk as Sr. Enterprise Account Executive, achieving 237% of quota attainment in the first half of FY2025. His background also includes account executive roles at Snyk and HCL Software covering overlapping western territories. (source)

Sandy Torres - Cyera

Sandy Torres joined Cyera as Senior Customer Success Engineer, bringing deep technical customer success experience to the AI-era data security company. She arrives from Snyk, where she spent nearly five years progressing from Senior Customer Success Manager to Principal Technical Success Manager. Further back, Torres spent nearly six years at Akamai Technologies, advancing from Technical Project Manager to Engagement Manager, and earlier held a Solutions Architect role at Translations.com. (source)

Asaf Shoshani - Grip Security

Asaf Shoshani returned to Grip Security as VP of Product, rejoining the SaaS identity security company after building AI security product experience elsewhere. The move follows a brief Senior Product Manager role at Palo Alto Networks and before that a year as VP of Product at Aim Security, an AI security startup later acquired by Cato Networks. His earlier work included two years at Grip Security as a Product Architect in the CTO office, making this a return to the company where his product career began. (source)