Cyber Job Moves: Cybersecurity Executives, Identity Leaders, and Experts Take on New Roles | Week of July 19 – 25
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Abby Jones – Cyble
Abby Jones has joined Cyble as Regional Sales Manager for the U.S. West. She arrives from Recorded Future, where she advanced through multiple commercial roles over more than five years, culminating as Account Director. She has worked with enterprise customers, managing account growth, renewals, and strategic sales engagements for cybersecurity intelligence solutions. Jones built her career through successive sales positions, demonstrating expertise in customer development, enterprise account management, and revenue growth. (source)
AJ Shipley – CrowdStrike
AJ Shipley has been appointed Chief Product Officer at CrowdStrike. He will guide Falcon platform development as CrowdStrike expands protection for AI agents, models, and agentic workflows. Shipley moves from Splunk Security, where he served as Chief Product Officer. At Cisco, he managed products covering XDR and EDR, among others. He also built Cisco XDR and shaped the rationale supporting Cisco’s $28 billion acquisition of Splunk. His has held senior product positions at Palo Alto Networks, adding to two decades in cybersecurity. (source)
Ron Dovich – Brinqa
Ron Dovich has become Chief AI and Automation Officer at Brinqa after four years as Senior Vice President of Engineering. Dovich will direct the cybersecurity company’s artificial intelligence and automation strategy. Dovich brings over 25 years of experience developing enterprise cybersecurity products for complex business environments. His professional background includes work at telecommunications company AT&T and security software provider AlienVault. (source)
David Allen – Brinqa
David Allen has been selected as Chief Technology Officer at Brinqa, overseeing engineering, cloud operations, and information security operations. He offers more than 20 years of experience spanning technology, security, and executive responsibilities. Allen’s career includes executive posts at Prevalent, BeyondTrust, and eEye Digital Security. His remit centers on scaling the Brinqa platform while increasing the pace of product development. (source)
Steve Biagioni – Brinqa
Steve Biagioni has joined Brinqa as Chief Financial Officer after being the CFO at Valimail. At Valimail, he earlier headed finance and later oversaw the company’s sale to DigiCert. He spent over six years with QASymphony and Tricentis, eventually becoming Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis. Biagioni also held financial planning and business intelligence positions at Bridgevine, receiving two promotions during his tenure. His earlier career included transaction services at PwC and external audit work at Deloitte & Touche. (source)
James Walta – Brinqa
James Walta has advanced to Vice President of Product Management at Brinqa, continuing a tenure that began in January 2017. His progression includes Sales Engineering Manager and two director positions overseeing solutions engineering and professional services. Walta then became Vice President of Customer Success before moving into product management in January 2026. His earlier National Instruments roles covered application engineering, sales development engineering, and inside sales engineering. Walta began his career as a Sales Associate at Verizon Wireless in 2013. (source)
Russell Rosa – N-able
Russell Rosa has joined N-able as Chief Revenue Officer, effective July 13, 2026. Rosa most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer at Sumo Logic, directing sales and partner teams internationally. He earlier led Sumo Logic’s enterprise and public-sector sales operations throughout the Americas. He has held positions at Cisco, Actifio, and VCE, a venture formed by VMware, Cisco, and EMC. At Actifio, Rosa developed worldwide sales channels and created its partner-focused market strategy. He brings over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, AI, SaaS, and channel sales. (source)
Daniel H. - CrowdStrike
Daniel H. accepted the role of Senior Director, Digital Marketing at CrowdStrike. He most recently served as Director, Global Digital and Commercial Marketing at YETI, where he spent more than five years overseeing digital marketing and commercial initiatives across the company's eCommerce business. He also worked at TOMS in a series of digital marketing and eCommerce roles over more than eight years, and previously held positions at Attention and RL Public Relations and Marketing. (source)
Robert Budini - Cohesity
Robert Budini accepted the role of Principal Engineer at Cohesity. He most recently served as Splunk Cloud Knowledge Lead at Splunk, where he spent more than seven years in knowledge leadership and cloud support roles. Budini also worked at Veritas Technologies for 18 years, holding several technical support engineering positions, and previously spent eight years at IBM Global Process Services as a UNIX System Support Specialist. (source)
Larry Whiteside Jr. - Cobalt
Larry Whiteside Jr. was appointed to the Advisory Board at Cobalt. He currently serves as Co-Founder and President of Confide, a cybersecurity advisory firm he launched in 2025. Whiteside also serves as Chief Advisory Officer at The CISO Society and holds advisory and board positions with Tampa Bay Wave, the Cloud Security Alliance, and Delve Risk, reflecting his continued involvement in cybersecurity leadership and governance. (source)
Jonathan Whalen - Cribl
Jonathan Whalen accepted the role of Staff Machine Learning Engineer, AI Research at Cribl. He most recently served as Data Scientist Capability Lead at Excella, where he spent nearly four years leading data science initiatives and mentoring technical teams. Whalen also worked as a Software Engineer at the U.S. Army CCDC Soldier Center for almost six years, and previously held engineering roles at Lockheed Martin after an early research position at Texas State University. (source)
Madison Beane - Zafran Security
Madison Beane accepted a position with Zafran Security after more than three years at Proofpoint. She most recently served as Named Account Manager for Healthcare in Southern California at Proofpoint, following the company's acquisition of Illusive, where she worked as a Commercial Account Executive. Beane has also worked at Tanium and Townsquare Interactive in sales and account management roles, and began her career in leadership positions with Sherwin-Williams Paints. (source)
Daniel Ufliand - Orca Security
Daniel Ufliand accepted the role of Security Researcher at Orca Security. He most recently served as Cloud Security Detection Analyst at Orca Security, a position he held for six months after moving into the company's cloud security team. Ufliand previously worked as a Cyber Security Analyst at Israel Railways, and earlier held engineering and research positions at Edwards Vacuum and GenCell Energy before transitioning into cybersecurity. (source)
Moran Rosenthal - Tenzai
Moran Rosenthal accepted the role of Lead Product Designer at Tenzai. She most recently served as Lead Product Designer at monday.com, where she led design work for the company's AI Agents product after progressing through several product design roles over more than four years. Rosenthal has also worked as a lecturer at 6B Studio and previously held a product design position at HYRE. (source)
Daniel Itzhak - Tenzai
Daniel Itzhak accepted the role of Solutions Engineer at Tenzai. He most recently served as Principal Solutions Engineer in the Enterprise Security Group at Akamai Technologies, where he spent more than four years working on Zero Trust and enterprise security. Itzhak also worked at Guardicore before its acquisition by Akamai and previously held solutions engineering positions at Dell EMC and EMC. (source)
Gali Kedar - Tenzai
Gali Kedar accepted the role of Chief Operations Officer at Tenzai. She currently serves as Chief Customer Officer at Lusha, where she oversees customer growth, pricing, monetization, and revenue operations. Kedar also serves on the advisory boards of Deway, Wenrix, and Journeyz, alongside her role with the Israel Government Companies Authority. (source)
David Berger - Tenzai
David Berger accepted the role of Sales Director - DACH at Tenzai. He most recently served as Regional Sales Director for Germany and Austria at Pentera, where he spent more than four years in a series of enterprise sales leadership roles. Berger has also worked at Forcepoint and Cano Systems, and previously held several sales leadership positions at magellan netzwerke GmbH. (source)
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