Cyber Job Moves: From Boardroom Shifts to AI Security Bets, Cyber Firms Reshape Leadership | Week of June 14-20

Anant Tyagi - Cyble

Anant Tyagi has moved to Cyble as part of the company's North India team. His background includes business development roles focused on cybersecurity, information security, compliance, and enterprise technology solutions. Before this move, he served as Senior Business Development Manager at Team Computers, where he worked with security and audit-related offerings. He also spent nearly two years at Starlight Data Solutions, handling business development responsibilities. Earlier assignments included positions at BYJU'S and Kaizex Solutions, among others. (source)

Michael Webb - FrankCrum

Michael Webb became Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President of IT Operations at FrankCrum, where he is responsible for cybersecurity and technology operations. He moved into the position after serving as Chief Information Officer at SAFE Federal Credit Union. He has held both CIO and Vice President Information Security positions at Sharonview Federal Credit Union. Webb’s career includes technology management assignments at Family Trust Federal Credit Union, where he advanced through several information systems and IT leadership roles over nearly 16 years. (source)

Rika Nakazawa - EigenQ

Rika Nakazawa has taken on the role of Chief Growth Officer at EigenQ, where she will help expand the company's presence in quantum-safe computing and post-quantum security markets. She joins the leadership team with more than two decades of experience. Nakazawa currently serves as Chief, Commercial Innovation at NTT Holdings. Her career also includes senior positions at NVIDIA, Accenture, American Express, Capgemini, and Conduent, where she worked on technology partnerships, digital innovation, and business strategy. (source)

Philippe Johnston - ADAMnetworks

Philippe Johnston has been appointed Field CIO and Strategic Advisor at ADAMnetworks, where he will help guide the company's cybersecurity strategy and expansion into enterprise and government markets. Johnston brings decades of experience as a technology executive, having served in CIO and CTO positions across multiple Canadian federal departments and agencies. He also served as President of the CIO Association of Canada. Johnston received the CIOCAN Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to Canada's technology community. (source)

Jonathan Munshaw - Netcraft

Jonathan Munshaw joined Netcraft as Brand Communications Manager, taking on communications, content, and community building at the cybersecurity company as it builds out its marketing function. He arrives from Sophos, where he spent nearly two years as Content Marketing Manager creating case studies, sales enablement content, and campaign materials. Before that, Munshaw spent nearly seven years at Cisco Talos as Content Manager and Editor, translating complex threat research into accessible content and hosting the Talos Takes podcast. (source)

Zachary McBeain - Zafran Security

Zachary McBeain stepped into the Regional Sales Manager, Enterprise role at Zafran Security, focused on helping organizations tackle vulnerability exploitation and exposure management. Most recently, McBeain spent three years at Ivanti as Senior Account Executive covering a mid-market territory, earning Seller of the Year and Presidents Club recognition in 2025. Before that, he held sales director and senior account executive roles at Brighton Science and iTradeNetwork, with earlier regional account management experience at Eide Bailly. (source)

Pooja Bansal - RateGain

Pooja Bansal joined RateGain as Vice President leading Data Privacy & Protection across global operations at the travel technology company. The move follows seven months as Senior Director at NopalCyber, and before that nearly five years at Fareportal, where she progressed from Associate Director to Senior Director of Information Security, overseeing GRC, SOC operations, fraud investigations, and internal audit. Further back, Bansal served as Head of Information Security at IGT Solutions and Senior Manager at InterGlobe Enterprises, building her GRC and security leadership foundation. (source)

Sarah Armstrong-Smith - Performanta

Sarah Armstrong-Smith joined Performanta as Chief Strategy Officer, bringing a human-centric security philosophy to the managed security company's strategy and customer approach. She comes from Secure Horizons, where she served as Executive Director, and concurrently holds a seat on the UK Government Cyber Advisory Board and a Board Advisor role at Softwerx. Her background also includes nearly a decade as a global keynote speaker on cybersecurity, resilience, and crisis management, alongside authoring work on crisis leadership. (source)

Cuneyt Karul - Benevity

Cuneyt Karul was appointed CISO at Benevity, a corporate purpose software company, bringing over a decade of security leadership experience to the role. He arrives from Hootsuite, where he spent over five years progressing from Senior Director of Information Security and Product Privacy to Vice President of IT & Security Operations, while concurrently instructing at the University of Waterloo. Further back, Karul spent over five years at BlueCat, advancing from Chief Security Architect to Director of Information Security and Compliance. (source)

David Kuehn - Cyera

David Kuehn joined Cyera to contribute to the company's data security programs spanning DSPM, DLP, and AI security. The move follows four years at Mastercard's Security Threat & Response Management organization, where he progressed from Digital Forensics Intern to Security Monitoring and Response Analyst II, working across insider threat investigations, security operations, and incident response. His earlier work included a STEM teaching role at Code Ninjas and a legal internship at Legacy Legal Group. (source)

Susanne Gurman-Karp - Onespan

Susanne Gurman-Karp stepped into the Global Vice President of Marketing role at OneSpan, leading worldwide marketing across brand, demand generation, product marketing, and go-to-market strategy for the digital trust and transaction security company. Before this move, Gurman-Karp spent over three years as VP of Revenue Marketing at Beyond Identity, building a sales-aligned demand generation framework and launching a flagship customer event that delivered an 8.3:1 ROI. Further back, she held senior marketing leadership roles at SecurityScorecard, Mimecast, and Digital Guardian, where she spent over a decade progressing from Senior Marketing Programs Manager to VP of Global Field & Channel Marketing. (source)

Diya Krishnan - Cyera

Diya Krishnan joined Cyera as a CXO Value Economics Analyst, supporting the AI data security company's efforts to help organizations understand and quantify the business value of secure AI adoption. She arrives from Deloitte, where she spent nearly two years as a Strategy Analyst focused on life sciences and healthcare M&A. Her background also includes strategy internships at EY-Parthenon and Bain & Company earlier in her career. (source)

Melody Dicksen - Harmonic Security

Melody Dicksen joined Harmonic Security as Senior Sales Enablement Manager, supporting the AI governance and control platform's growing GTM team. She arrives from CircleCI, where she spent over a year in the same Senior Sales Enablement Manager role, and before that nearly two years as Revenue Enablement Manager at Headspace. Her earlier work included Customer Enablement Manager and Platform Coordinator roles at MOO. (source)

Yaron Ittah - Cyera

At Cyera, an AI data security company, Yaron Ittah now drives product strategy as the team's newest Product Manager. The move follows nearly two years at Microsoft as a Customer Success Account Manager, and before that over three years as Product Manager at Matrix. Earlier, Ittah served as Product Manager in Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 8200 for nearly four years. (source)

Henrik Smith - Infoblox

Henrik Smith was appointed CISO at Infoblox, a network infrastructure security company, bringing nearly three decades of security leadership to the role. Most recently, Smith served as Head of Devices and Services Security at Amazon, acting as CISO for the consumer devices ecosystem across 300 million-plus devices. Before that, he spent over five years at Salesforce building and leading the BISO organization, with earlier principal-level roles at AWS across security assurance and enterprise strategy. (source)

Erin Whitmore - Blackpoint Cyber

Erin Whitmore has been appointed Head of the Adversary Pursuit Group at Blackpoint Cyber. She brings over 16 years of experience spanning national security, intelligence, and cybersecurity. Before joining Blackpoint, Whitmore served as a CIA Operations Officer and held intelligence assignments supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. She later moved into executive roles at Aon and CYPFER. (source)

Sam Sabzerou -Permiso Security

At Permiso Security, an identity security platform now extending into AI agent visibility, Sam Sabzerou now drives sales as the company's new Regional Sales Manager for the West. He comes from Anaconda, Inc., where his title progressed quickly over two years from Commercial Account Executive II to Mid-Market Account Executive. Further back, Sabzerou spent over four years at BlackBerry Cylance, advancing from Business Development Representative to Manager of Inside Sales for North America and APAC. (source)

Toby Van de Grift - Saviynt

Toby Van de Grift was appointed UKI Director at Saviynt, an identity governance and security company, taking on regional leadership for the UK and Ireland market. He arrives from ReversingLabs, where he spent nearly three years progressing from Director of EMEA and RoW to Head of Sales EMEA. Before that, Van de Grift held VP EMEA and Sales Director roles at Swimlane and earlier worked as Client Director at CrowdStrike and Security Specialist at ServiceNow. (source)

Dillon Townsel - TrendAI

Dillon Townsel was appointed Senior Director of Market Influence at TrendAI, focused on building an integrated communications system for the AI-driven threat prevention platform. Most recently, Townsel led Corporate Communications at SolarWinds for over two years, where he rebuilt the company's reputation following the SUNBURST breach and drove a 90% drop in negative media mentions. Before that, he headed Public and Media Relations at Armis during its hypergrowth phase, and earlier founded and led Edelman's Global Cybersecurity Practice as SVP. (source)

Koushik Shirali - Saviynt

Koushik Shirali stepped into the Associate Principal Engineer role at Saviynt, the identity governance company, bringing engineering expertise to its AI-driven platform build-out. Before this move, Shirali spent nearly four years at Palo Alto Networks, progressing from Staff Software Engineer to Senior Staff Software Engineer while working on next-generation firewalls. His background also includes a Senior Software Engineer role at Bosch Global Software Technologies and earlier firmware development work at HP. (source)

Sean Cassidy - Plaid

Sean Cassidy joined Plaid as CISO, bringing security leadership experience to the fintech company at a moment when AI is reshaping financial data access and risk. He arrives from Asana, where he spent nearly seven years building the company's security program from pre-IPO through public listing, eventually expanding his scope to lead a 100-person engineering organization. Before that, Cassidy held a Head of Information Security role at Patreon and earlier served as CTO at DefenseStorm, a co-managed SIEM platform for banks and credit unions. (source)

Quentin O'Dell - Zafran Security

At Zafran Security, Quentin O'Dell now leads technical account management as the company's Director, working to support customers through the exposure management platform. He comes from Expel, where he spent four years as Director of Customer Success building customer advocacy programs at the MDR company. Further back, O'Dell held Director of Customer Success and Lead Customer Success Manager roles at Picnic Corporation and Critical Start, with earlier client success experience at ReliaQuest. (source)

Jonathan Trull - Oracle

Jonathan Trull stepped into the Global Head of Cyber Defense role at Oracle, where he will lead efforts to safeguard the company's global infrastructure and AI data centers. He arrives from Qualys, where he spent over five years across two stints, most recently as EVP and GM of the Risk Management Business while also serving as CISO. Before that, Trull spent five years at Microsoft as General Manager of Detection and Incident Response and earlier served as CISO at Optiv. (source)

Everton Morris - Zafran Security

Everton Morris was appointed Director of Legal at Zafran Security, a vulnerability management and exposure management company, where he will guide legal strategy through the company's next phase of growth. Most recently, he was at Expel, handling commercial legal matters for nearly four years as Assistant General Counsel and Head of Commercial Legal at the $150 million-plus ARR cybersecurity company. His earlier work included an Attorney role at Beacon Hill, with secondments to Blackboard and The Pew Charitable Trusts, and a five-year tenure as Deputy Director at the African American Mayors Association. (source)

Ann Barron-DiCamillo - U.S. Bank

Ann Barron-DiCamillo stepped into the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer role at U.S. Bank, where she now leads the bank’s cybersecurity strategy and security operations. Prior to joining U.S. Bank, Ann Barron-DiCamillo served as Managing Director and Global Head of Tech Optimization at Citi, following four years leading its global cyber operations organization. Her earlier work included overseeing cyber threat intelligence and incident response at American Express, as well as serving on the FS-ISAC Board of Directors. (source)

Hassan U. - ThreatModeler Software, Inc.

At ThreatModeler Software, Inc., Hassan U. now helps drive product marketing and go-to-market strategy as the new Product Marketing Manager, supporting messaging and campaigns for the company's AI-driven threat modeling platform. Most recently, Hassan U. was at PortSwigger, handling growth marketing initiatives focused on product adoption, account-based strategies, and the launch of Burp AI. Earlier, Hassan U. led content marketing at Hack The Box, where he oversaw thought leadership, SEO, and demand generation programs for cybersecurity audiences. (source)

Rebecca H. - BlackFog

Rebecca H. was promoted to Marketing Manager at BlackFog, a data exfiltration prevention company, after spending over four years with the firm building marketing strategy and brand development. Prior to BlackFog, she held a Clients and Marketing Executive role at AECOM and before that spent over four years at Blue Zinc IT, where she contributed to the company's internal GDPR compliance project. Her earlier work included marketing executive roles at Atlas Communications and Belfast Honda Motorcycles. (source)

Moshe Ben Simon - Axonius

Moshe Ben Simon was appointed Chief Product Officer at Axonius, where he will lead product strategy across the company's asset intelligence and continuous threat exposure management categories. Most recently, Ben Simon was at Fortinet for six years, managing the SecOps products group spanning FortiEDR, FortiNDR, and several other security lines. Further back, he co-founded TrapX Security in 2012 and later served as its CEO until the deception technology company was acquired by Commvault in 2022.(source)

Igal Lankri - Upwind Security

Igal Lankri stepped into the Technical Account Manager role at Upwind Security, bringing four years of system integration experience to the cloud security platform. Before this move, he spent four years as a System Integration Engineer at Claroty, an operational technology security company, growing from a young engineer into a seasoned technical contributor. His background also includes nearly four years as a CCNA course instructor at KERNELiOS and over two years as a network communications commander in the Israel Defense Forces. (source)

Jamie Gale - Oligo Security

At Oligo Security, Jamie Gale now leads product marketing as Senior Product Marketing Manager, bringing experience launching products and shaping category-defining messaging to the application security company. She arrives from DNSFilter, where she spent eight months as Sr. Product Marketing Manager, and before that nearly two years at CrowdStrike following its acquisition of Bionic, where she had served as Product Marketing Manager. Further back, Gale held a Content Marketing Manager role at Deepfence, building on a career that has also included DivvyCloud and Rapid7. (source)

Tayla Walker - Chainguard

Tayla Walker stepped into a Corporate Account Executive role at Chainguard, a software supply chain security company, helping organizations address vulnerabilities they didn't know they had. Before this move, Walker spent four years at Postman, progressing from Account Development Representative to Mid Market Account Executive. Her earlier work included an Account Manager role at De Gruyter and a sales advisor position at Healthworks Fitness Centers for Women. (source)

Joshua Bartolomie - Doppel

Joshua Bartolomie joined Doppel as Vice President and Global Head of Threat Intelligence, where he will lead threat intelligence strategy across the full social engineering attack chain. He arrives from COFENSE, where he spent over eight years, most recently as Chief Security Officer and VP of Global Threat Services, overseeing the Phishing Defense Center, Cofense Intelligence, and the company's R&D labs. Before joining COFENSE, Bartolomie spent over a year as Global Head of Cyber Security Operations and Incident Response at Cognizant and earlier held architecture and incident response leadership roles at Exelis and Harris Corporation. (source)

Nur Shahaf Meir - Aryon Security

At Aryon Security, Nur Shahaf Meir now supports executive operations as the company's new Operations Manager and PA to the CEO, bringing organizational discipline to the cloud security startup. She comes from the Israel Defense Forces, where she served as a Platoon Commander for over three years, leading soldiers through training and development programs. Her background also includes ongoing service as an Operations Center Officer in the reserves and studies in Industrial Engineering and Management at Shenkar. (source)

Omri Arama - Aryon Security

Omri Arama joined Aryon Security as Senior Software Engineer, bringing nearly a decade of software development experience to the cloud security startup. He arrives from Atly, where he spent over two years as a part-time Back End Developer, and before that held a Backend Developer role at Steps. His earlier work included concurrent Web Developer and Full-stack Developer positions at BugSec and IRON.IO. (source)

Eman Blair - QuSecure

Eman Blair has joined QuSecure's Federal Advisory Board, bringing more than two decades of experience in intelligence, cybersecurity, data strategy, and government technology. Blair retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 2023 after a career that culminated in several senior executive assignments and recognition with the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal. During her time at the agency, she served in roles including Chief Data Officer, Deputy Chief Information Officer, and Chief of Digital Innovation for Europe and the Counterterrorism Mission Center. She also represented the CIA Director to the Department of Defense. (source)

Harish Kumar G S - Quick Heal

Harish Kumar G S was appointed CEO of Quick Heal, an India-based cybersecurity and AI-powered security solutions company, bringing over three decades of leadership experience to drive the company's next phase of growth. Most recently, Kumar served at Check Point Software Technologies for over six years, progressing from Head of Enterprise & Government to Head of Sales and Executive Director. Further back, he spent nearly eight years at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Hewlett-Packard across various country manager roles, with earlier experience as General Manager at IBM India. (source)

Patrick Duffy - Dropzone AI

Patrick Duffy joined Dropzone AI as Head of Product, taking on leadership of product and UX for the company's Agentic SOC platform focused on AI-driven security investigation and response. He comes from Material Security, where he served as Staff Product Manager and led a complete overhaul consolidating disparate products into a unified detection and response platform for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365. Further back, Duffy spent nearly five years at Expel, rising to Principal Product Manager and building the MDR category's first automated remediation capability, cutting remediation time to seven minutes. (source)

Mia Wilcox - Cato Network

At Cato Networks, Mia Wilcox now leads brand storytelling as Director of Communications, supporting the SASE company's mission to redefine enterprise networking and security. She comes from Tanium, where she spent over four years progressing from Communications Manager to Senior Communications Manager. Further back, Wilcox spent over six years at Merritt Group, advancing from Account Coordinator to Senior Director, managing PR and communications for B2B security and federal clients. (source)

Jessica Fabiatos - Commvault

Jessica Fabiatos joined Commvault as Senior Partner Marketing Manager, taking on channel marketing responsibilities at the data resilience company. She arrives from Arctic Wolf, where she spent over two years as Field & Partner Marketing Manager, and before that nearly two years at Veeam Software as Distribution Marketing Manager, leading North America distribution marketing strategy. Further back, Fabiatos spent almost 12 years at Ingram Micro, progressing from Support Representative to Marketing Account Manager across various market development roles. (source)

May Ben-Abir Yatziv - Vega

At Vega, May Ben-Abir Yatziv now supports executive operations as the company's new People Operations Specialist and EA to the CTO and CPO, joining the security analytics platform's New York office. She comes from BiltOn, where she spent over two years as Customer Support Operations Manager. Further back, Ben-Abir Yatziv spent three years at Wolt, advancing from Customer Support Representative to Customer Support Team Lead managing 25 associates, with earlier service as an Information Security Analyst in the Israeli Air Force's Shaldag commando unit. (source)

Scott Bell - GuidePoint Security

Scott Bell stepped into the Regional Director role at GuidePoint Security, leading the Greater New York market for the cybersecurity advisory firm. Before this move, Bell spent over two years at SentinelOne, progressing from Director of Large Enterprise to Regional Vice President of Enterprise East. His background also includes a Regional Director role at Wiz and five years at Fortinet, where he advanced from Major Account Manager to Director of Sales. (source)

Shawn Adair - Bricklayer AI

Shawn Adair joined Bricklayer AI as Customer Experience Specialist, focused on translating customer needs into actionable engineering requirements for the company's pre- and post-sale teams. He arrives from ThreatQuotient, where he spent over five years, most recently as Technical Account Manager after nearly five years as a Support Engineer. His background reflects a strong customer-first foundation built through hands-on technical support work helping security teams drive product adoption and value. (source)

Yonatan Kupitman - Tenet Security

Yonatan Kupitman joined Tenet Security as a founding security researcher, helping build the company's approach to securing autonomous AI agents at an early stage. He arrives from a period as an independent Cyber Security Consultant, having spent over a year working independently before this move. Further back, Kupitman spent over two years as a Security Researcher at Pentera and earlier served as Security Research Team Leader within Israeli Military Intelligence. (source)

Kimberli Nichols - Cogent

At Cogent, Kimberli Nichols now drives go-to-market efforts as the founding GTM team member for the Southeast, bringing a decade of data security sales experience to the vulnerability management company. She comes from Cyera, where she spent two years as Enterprise Account Executive. Further back, Nichols spent nearly three years as Regional Sales Manager for the Carolinas at BigID and four years as Enterprise Account Manager at Varonis, building a career rooted in data security sales across the Raleigh-Durham region. (source)

Nawal Alami - Rubrik

Nawal Alami moved into the Healthcare Enterprise Account Executive role at Rubrik, focused on delivering cyber resiliency and business continuity for healthcare organizations across Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The move follows a brief five-month stint at Boomi as Enterprise Account Executive, and before that over five years at UiPath, where she progressed from Emerging Enterprise Account Executive to Healthcare Enterprise Account Executive, achieving 143% attainment in FY26. Earlier, Alami spent over two years at VMware as an Account Executive for the private sector, earning Rep of the Quarter honors with 189% attainment. (source)

Ashley McGlashen - Orca Security

Ashley McGlashen joined Orca Security as Enterprise Account Executive, focused on helping organizations cut through cloud risk blind spots using the company's agentless approach. The move follows just over a year at DirectDefense, where she ran full sales cycles for mid-market and enterprise cybersecurity customers across MDR, vulnerability management, and OT/SCADA security. Earlier, McGlashen spent nearly two years at ClearDATA, leading enterprise sales for cloud infrastructure and compliance-aligned security solutions in healthcare, with prior experience at Enovate Medical selling clinical mobility and workflow software. (source)

Joelle Nehme - Commvault

Joelle Nehme stepped into the UAE Channel & Emerging Alliances Manager role at Commvault, the data resilience company, focused on building out regional channel partnerships. Before this move, Nehme spent over a year as Senior Partner Sales Manager at Dynatrace in the UAE. Her background also includes over seven years at Mindware, progressing from Product Manager for Veritas to Business Unit Manager for Dell, with earlier cybersecurity consulting experience at PwC France. (source)

Andrei Bobeica - Veeam Software

At Veeam Software, Andrei Bobeica now drives engineering excellence as the company's new Specialist Engineer, bringing deep infrastructure expertise to the data resilience company. He comes from Engineering Group, where he spent nearly three years across Microsoft systems engineering roles, most recently supporting Italy's Ministry of Economy and Finance and previously the European Space Agency. Further back, Bobeica held VMware Administrator and System Administrator Consultant roles at Egomnia and Gardant, building his cloud infrastructure foundation. (source)

Matthew Benoit - Mate Security

Matthew Benoit joined Mate Security as Account Executive, focused on working directly with CISOs and SOC leaders to bring the company's new SOC architecture to market. He arrives from Torq, where he spent over two years progressing from Regional Sales Manager for Enterprise to Regional Sales Manager for Strategic accounts. Before that, Benoit held an Enterprise Account Executive role at Blink and spent two years at BitSight, where he finished as the company's number one Mid-Market Account Executive with 180% attainment in FY2023. (source)

Jeff Hudesman - Lithic

Jeff Hudesman joined Lithic as Chief Information Security Officer, taking on responsibility for protecting trust within the company's card issuing infrastructure used by fintechs and startups. He arrives from News Corp, where he served as Senior Director and BISO for Dow Jones and the NY Post, and before that spent a year as Deputy Commissioner and CISO for Nassau County. His background also includes over four years as an Advisor to Phylum and a multi-year seat on Ithaca College's Advisory Board. (source)

Jeremy Clark - GuidePoint Security

At GuidePoint Security, Jeremy Clark now serves as Security Architect covering Houston and surrounding areas, supporting clients with cybersecurity solutions and services. He comes from Crane Worldwide Logistics, where he spent seven months as Systems Operations Manager overseeing global, multi-cloud server infrastructure. Further back, Clark spent over three years as Network Security Manager at Woodforest National Bank, returning to a company where he had earlier built his career as a Network Security Engineer for nearly eight years. (source)

Marco Túlio de Paula - Sentra

Marco Túlio de Paula joined Sentra as a Technical Support Engineer, working closely with customers on the company's data security platform focused on data discovery and access governance. He arrives from Securiti AI, where he spent over two years progressing from Technical Support Engineer to Senior Technical Support Engineer. Earlier, de Paula spent over three years as a Data Privacy Analyst at NovaRed Brasil, leading implementation of OneTrust and Securiti.ai environments, and before that worked for six years as a Support Consultant at SH3 Sistemas. (source)

Amit Nehru - Rubrik

Amit Nehru was appointed Group Vice President of GSIs and MSPs at Rubrik, where he will lead the company's global systems integrator business to accelerate agentic cyber resilience through strategic partnerships. Most recently, Nehru was at ServiceNow for nearly six years, progressing from Senior Director of Global Partnerships to Vice President of Global Partnerships and Channels. Further back, he spent over three years at PTC advancing from Director to Senior Director of WW GSI and Management Consultants, with earlier experience as Director of the Global Systems Integrators Business at Hitachi Data Systems. (source)

Allison Yannakis - SSS Cybersecurity Specialists

Allison Yannakis has joined SSS Cybersecurity Specialists as Head of People and Performance. She takes responsibility for the company's people strategy, workforce planning, and organizational capability programs and brings over 20 years of experience spanning human resources, governance, business operations, employee wellbeing, and organizational development. Yannakis has earlier served as Manager of People and Capability at Careerforce and has worked over nine years at Nuku Ora. Her career also includes roles with Land Information New Zealand, Royal Bank of Scotland, Deloitte UK, and Charles Russell LLP. (source)

Robert Grant - JetStream Security

Robert Grant joined JetStream Security as Account Executive, helping organizations govern AI initiatives securely at scale as the company addresses growing AI governance challenges. He arrives from Valence Security, where he spent over two years progressing from Commercial Account Executive to Regional Sales Manager, earning Rep of the Year honors for two consecutive years. Further back, Grant held a Global Commercial Account Executive role at Aquera and earlier worked in sales at Zscaler, having previously competed as a professional athlete training toward the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. (source)

Tony Arous - Toast

Tony Arous joined Toast as SVP and Chief Information Security Officer, bringing 20 years of cybersecurity experience to the restaurant technology company as it expands into international markets, enterprise, and retail. He arrives from Twilio, where he served as CISO for two and a half years, and concurrently holds advisory roles with Whiterabbit and Craft Ventures' CISO Advisory Council. His background also includes founding membership in the Okta CISO Forum, a community focused on identity security challenges. (source)

Ramesh Vishwakarma - Varonis

Ramesh Vishwakarma joined Varonis as Senior Solutions Architect, where he now works with customers to strengthen data security, governance, and AI readiness initiatives. The move follows Ramesh Vishwakarma's time at Zscaler, where he supported major enterprises on secure service edge (SSE) transformation projects and cloud security strategies. Before that, he held security engineering roles at SentinelOne and Trend Micro, building experience across endpoint protection, threat defense, and enterprise cybersecurity programs. (source)

Cindy L. - C1

Cindy L. moved into the Field and Partner Marketing Manager role at C1, where she now supports field marketing initiatives and partner engagement programs. Before this move, Cindy L. spent nearly three years at Tanium, leading field marketing and account-based marketing efforts across enterprise cybersecurity campaigns. Her background also includes demand generation and event marketing roles at Sleuth.io and LaunchDarkly, where she focused on pipeline growth, events, and customer engagement programs. (source)