Cyber Job Moves: Organizations Turn to New Leaders for Their Next Chapter | Week of May 31–June 6

Patrick Johnson - Kentik

Patrick Johnson joined Kentik as Strategic Client Executive, partnering with enterprise technology leaders across Fortune 500 accounts on network visibility, cloud performance, and AI infrastructure intelligence. He comes from SPJ GTM Ventures, his own GTM advisory firm, where he spent nearly nine years helping early-stage founders build revenue motions, generating over $50 million in pipeline across 30-plus startups. Before that, Johnson held Strategic Account Director and Enterprise Account Director roles at Numerify and Egnyte respectively, focused on enterprise sales across the Western Region. (source)

Bhaskar Chaturvedi - Accenture Australia

Bhaskar Chaturvedi was promoted to Associate Director, Data & AI at Accenture Australia, where he has spent over eight years progressing through technical architecture and data engineering roles. Prior to this promotion, he served as Enterprise Data Architect at Accenture Australia, designing cloud data warehousing and big data solutions, following more than six years as Senior Technical Architect and Integration and Data Lead at the same firm. Further back, Chaturvedi led the Business Intelligence & Integration practice at SaasFocus and before that spent nearly a decade at GlobalLogic India in principal engineering and database specialist roles. (source)

Teresa Chen - Proofpoint

Teresa Chen joined Proofpoint as Sr. Director of Product Marketing, leading alliances, platform, and vertical marketing to connect the company's partner ecosystem and industry solutions. She arrives from Omnissa, where she spent nearly two years as Director of Content, Vertical and Platform Product Marketing, a role she had also held at Broadcom during the period when Omnissa operated as VMware's End User Computing division. Her earlier work included over three years at VMware as Director of Content & Platform Marketing for Digital Workspace, and before that a Sr. Director role at MobileIron heading solution, partner, and customer marketing. (source)

Amy Anderson - Onyx Security

At Onyx Security, an AI secure control plane company, Amy Anderson now leads field and partner marketing as the firm's first Sr. Field & Partner Marketing Manager. The move follows nearly two years at Wiz, where she served as Senior Manager of National Partner Marketing for the Americas. Before that, Anderson held Director of Americas Channel Marketing and Sr. Partner Marketing Manager roles at Mandiant and BeyondTrust respectively, with earlier experience as Field & Partner Marketing Manager at Proofpoint. (source)

Anurag Jain - CodeHunter

Anurag Jain joined CodeHunter as Senior Vice President of Engineering. He has more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, SaaS, analytics, and enterprise software. Most recently, Jain served as Vice President of Engineering at Diliko.ai, helping build an AI analytics platform focused on data governance and security. Earlier, he worked at OPAQ Networks, later acquired by Fortinet. His career also includes engineering positions at WebMD, supporting large-scale consumer technology platforms. (source)

James Dwyer - Keepit

James Dwyer joined Keepit as Chief Revenue Officer to lead the company’s global revenue organization. His background spans data security, data access, and management, with experience building and scaling revenue teams. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with organizations navigating technology shifts in cloud adoption, compliance requirements, and evolving data protection. At Keepit, he will oversee sales, partnerships, customer success, renewals, and business development functions. (source)

Joe Chen - Trellix

Joe Chen took on the role of Chief Technology Officer at Trellix. He brings over 25 years of experience leading product and technology transformations. Chen served as an Operating Partner at Crosspoint Capital, working on engineering modernization and operational improvement. Earlier, he held senior positions at Broadcom’s Symantec Enterprise Division and Carbon Black, overseeing security product development and large-scale technology integrations. Chen is also a founding member of the Cyber Threat Alliance and holds more than 55 U.S. patents. (source)

Pawan Hegde - Usercentrics

Pawan Hegde joined Usercentrics as Chief Operating Officer, leading the company's next phase of growth and U.S. expansion efforts. He brings experience spanning operations, finance, corporate development, and artificial intelligence. Most recently, Hegde served as COO at Fluree, a generative AI and agentic data platform company. Earlier, he co-founded ZettaLabs and helped scale the business through its acquisition within three years. He also spent nearly 11 years at Thomson Reuters. (source)

Elena Ignatova - Usercentrics

Elena Ignatova advanced to Chief Product and Technology Officer at Usercentrics. She brings over a decade of experience leading engineering and product teams. Prior to this role, Ignatova served as Chief Technology Officer at Taxdoo and held engineering positions at data intelligence company Collibra. Her background spans product development, technical strategy, and organizational scaling. (source)

Mark van Oppen - SecureAuth

Mark van Oppen joined SecureAuth as Chief Revenue Officer, taking responsibility for the company's sales and marketing. He brings experience spanning identity security, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and enterprise technology. In his career, van Oppen has held leadership positions at IBM, Heptio, VMware, and FusionAuth. His background combines go-to-market execution with deep familiarity in identity and access management technologies. (source)

Beth Tschida - Jamf

Beth Tschida has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Jamf, succeeding John Strosahl following the company's transition to private ownership under Francisco Partners. She joined Jamf in 2018 as Senior Vice President of Engineering and later became Chief Technology Officer. During her tenure, Jamf expanded its security business, with security annual recurring revenue growing to represent more than 30% of total company revenue. Before joining Jamf, she held positions at Voya Financial and MetLife. She becomes the first woman to lead Jamf in the company's more than 20-year history. (source)

Richard Hosgood - Axoflow

Richard Hosgood joined Axoflow as Director of Engineering, where he now helps lead engineering efforts for the security data platform focused on improving log quality and reducing SIEM costs through AI-driven data processing. The move follows Hosgood’s time at One Identity, where he spent more than four years as Principal Systems Engineer working extensively on privileged access management (PAM) and the Safeguard platform. Richard Hosgood’s background also includes engineering and security leadership roles at Forcepoint, where he specialized in data loss prevention, insider threat, and Zero Trust technologies, as well as serving as North America Director of Engineering at Votiro and an earlier stint as Principal Systems Engineer at One Identity. (source)

Amandeep Singh - Edelweiss Life Insurance

Amandeep Singh stepped into the Head – IT Product, Infrastructure & CITSO role at Edelweiss Life Insurance, bringing extensive technology infrastructure, security, and risk management experience to the insurer’s IT leadership team. Before this move, Amandeep Singh spent nearly five years at Edelweiss Life Insurance as SVP and Head of IT Infrastructure, CITSO & ADM, overseeing infrastructure, cloud operations, security, technology risk and compliance, application management, and PMO functions. Further back, Amandeep Singh held senior technology leadership positions at Thomas Cook India, Aditya Birla Finance, and DBS Bank, where he led infrastructure modernization, cloud transformation, cybersecurity, risk governance, and large-scale technology programs across financial services and travel organizations. (source)

Vaibhav Choudhari - SentinelOne

Vaibhav Choudhari joined SentinelOne as Senior Engineer in Detection Engineering focused on Windows, making a deliberate shift from offensive to defensive security. He arrives from Google, where he spent over three years as a Red Team Consultant within the company's Offensive Security Services, having transitioned into that role following Mandiant's acquisition into Google Cloud. Earlier, Choudhari spent three years at EY progressing through Security Analyst and Associate Cyber Security Consultant roles. (source)

Erika - Google Cloud

Erika transitioned into Google Cloud as part of Wiz's acquisition, continuing in her marketing operations role as the two organizations join forces. She comes from Wiz, where she spent nearly four years, most recently as Senior Manager of Marketing Operations and Campaign Operations Team Lead, overseeing global campaign operations. Before that, Erika held Senior Manager of Demand Generation and Marketing Operations roles at Mayhem and Recurly, with earlier experience in marketing operations at Valimail and Synopsys. (source)

Maggie Armand - Inforcer

At Inforcer, Maggie Armand now manages marketing initiatives as the new Senior Marketing Manager, supporting the company's growth in the managed service provider (MSP) ecosystem. Most recently, Maggie Armand was at Spare-it, handling marketing strategy, demand generation, content development, and go-to-market programs aimed at advancing workplace sustainability. The career arc also covers marketing roles at Thread, where she helped build marketing operations for an AI service desk platform serving MSPs, as well as communications and brand-building work at 5E Advanced Materials and ongoing experience as a chorister with the Houston Grand Opera. (source)

Evan Shewchuk - Huntress

Evan Shewchuk moved into the Associate Triage Analyst position at Huntress, where he now supports threat investigation and incident triage efforts as part of the company's cybersecurity operations. He arrived from Huntress's Product Support Specialist role, which he held for more than two years while supporting customers and products across the security platform. Before that, Shewchuk spent over three years at Dynatrace, progressing through technical support engineering roles and helping establish application security support programs, while his earlier work included multiple technical support positions at Barracuda focused on email security, web security, networking, authentication, and threat protection technologies. (source)

Sarah Hartland - Maze

Sarah Hartland became Head of Growth at Maze, a user research and product discovery platform, where she will oversee growth initiatives and market expansion efforts. Sarah Hartland comes from Endor Labs, where her work covered demand generation, brand development, pipeline growth, and an interim stint leading marketing operations as acting VP of Marketing. Her earlier work included demand generation and digital marketing leadership roles at JupiterOne and Feedly, where she focused on pipeline development, marketing operations, community building, and enterprise growth programs. (source)

Gal Avisar - Terra Security

Gal Avisar Cohen stepped into the Head of Legal role at Terra Security, the agentic offensive security company, joining at an early stage of its growth. Before this move, she spent nearly four years at H-F & Co. Law Offices, progressing from Legal Intern to Associate. Her background also includes a paralegal role at BriefCam and a fellowship at the IDC Legal Clinic for Start-Ups. (source)

Connie D. - Phillips 66

Connie D. was appointed CISO at Phillips 66, stepping into the role after serving as Deputy CISO at the energy company for just over a year. Most recently before that, she was VP of IT Security and Audit at Excelerate Energy, a position she held for nearly a year and a half. The career arc also covers over 27 years at ExxonMobil as Senior Manager of Information Technology Security, spanning both IT and OT security environments. (source)

Danielle Guetta - Jazz

Danielle Guetta was promoted to Vice President of Marketing at Jazz, a cybersecurity startup, after joining the company as Director of Marketing ten months prior and leading its market debut campaign. She comes from Astrix Security, where she spent three years progressing from Marketing Lead to Director of Product Marketing. Her earlier work included fractional marketing roles at ProtectOnce and a stealth startup, and before that over two years as Product Marketing Manager at Check Point Software Technologies covering email and network security. (source)

AJ Boilanger - Deepwatch

AJ Boilanger was promoted to Information Security Engineer at Deepwatch after spending two years as a Security Analyst II within the company's security operations team. He joined Deepwatch in 2024 following nearly five years at Hurricane Labs, where he worked as a Security Operations Analyst supporting threat detection, incident response, and security investigations. Earlier in his career, Boilanger held software consulting, remote support engineering, and IT support roles, building experience across security operations and enterprise technology environments. (source)

Albina Iljasov - XCharge

Albina Iljasov became Co-Chief Executive Officer at XCharge, with responsibility for European operations and cybersecurity initiatives. She will serve alongside Co-CEO Yifei Hou. Iljasov has led XCharge's European business since 2021, guiding operational growth and market development efforts. Her earlier tenure at the company included responsibility for sales and business development activities in Europe. Prior to XCharge, she worked at EVBox and E.ON Drive. (source)

Darryl van Rensburg - Spectrum Consulting

Darryl van Rensburg has taken on the role of Business Development Director at Spectrum Consulting, strengthening the company's executive team. He will drive business development for sovereign infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI readiness, and secure transformation. Van Rensburg has over two decades of experience in technology initiatives within New Zealand's government and commercial sectors. (source)

David Imbordino - National Security Agency (NSA) 

David Imbordino has been selected to lead the National Security Agency's Cybersecurity Directorate after serving in the position on an acting basis. He has spent nearly twenty-five years at the agency, holding senior roles spanning cyber operations, counterintelligence, election security, and national security missions. He recently served as Deputy Director, following leadership assignments at both group and office levels. Earlier in his career, Imbordino worked as Technical Director for Cybersecurity Operations and later supported counterterrorism initiatives. (source)

Holly Baroody - National Security Agency (NSA)

Holly Baroody has been selected as Deputy Director of the NSA's Cybersecurity Directorate after serving in the role on an acting basis. She has over two decades of experience in cybersecurity and signals intelligence through military and civilian service in the Department of Defense. Baroody recently served as a Senior Executive and earlier held the position of Executive Director at U.S. Cyber Command. She also worked as a Cyber Defense Operator and Cryptologic Technician Analyst with the U.S. Navy. (source)

Bruce Jones - National Security Agency (NSA)

Bruce Jones will head the NSA's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, which serves as a bridge between government and private-sector cybersecurity efforts. The center is responsible for sharing threat intelligence and coordinating responses to cyber risks. Jones brings longstanding experience within the agency, covering both technical and operational functions. His background positions him to support collaboration between public institutions and industry partners. Jones will help advance information-sharing efforts designed to strengthen collective cyber defense capabilities. (source)

Joe Giannetti - Lexitas

Joe Giannetti has been selected as Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Lexitas, to oversee technology operations and cybersecurity programs. Giannetti brings over twenty-five years of experience in information technology, security, and enterprise transformation. He earlier served as Vice President of IT and Security at Employ, where he guided the integration of four businesses into a unified technology environment . (source)

Ana Garcia - Cycurion 

Ana Garcia is the new Chief Financial Officer at Cycurion. She brings over two decades of finance experience spanning public and private technology companies. Most recently, Garcia served as Vice President of Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer at KLDiscovery, a provider of e-discovery, information governance, and data recovery services. Her background also includes finance positions with MicroStrategy, Edelman Financial Services, Spacenet, and Savvis. (source)

Alvin McCoy III - Cycurion

Alvin McCoy III transitions from Chief Financial Officer to a strategic advisory role at Cycurion after nearly nine years of leading the company's financial operations. He joined the cybersecurity provider in 2017 and helped guide its finance organization through a period of growth and corporate development. Alongside his work at Cycurion, McCoy has served as Managing Partner at Quantum Capital Partners. McCoy spent five years as a Vice President at Merrill Lynch, and held sales role with Procter & Gamble. (source)

Jeff Bauerlein - Avint

Jeff Bauerlein has taken on the role of Chief Strategy Officer at Avint, where he will help guide the company's growth across federal markets. He arrives after a government career serving as the Chief Information Officer and Assistant Director at the FBI. His work touched cybersecurity operations, cloud adoption, enterprise architecture, artificial intelligence governance, and infrastructure modernization initiatives. He also led programs tied to Zero Trust implementation, enterprise mobility, and agile technology. (source)

Myrna Soto - HITRUST

Myrna Soto has taken on the newly created Chief Trust Officer position at HITRUST, where she will focus on cyber resilience, governance, and third-party risk management. Her responsibilities include working with boards, regulators, customers, and industry groups on issues tied to trust, assurance, and operational resilience. Soto’s career includes executive assignments such as Chief Strategy and Trust Officer at Forcepoint and Global Chief Information Security Officer at Comcast. She has also held senior positions at MGM Resorts and American Express, building expertise in cybersecurity, enterprise risk, and digital governance. (source)

Natan Aronshtam - EigenQ

Natan Aronshtam has joined the Board of Directors at EigenQ, a company focused on quantum-safe trust and verification technologies. He spent nearly twenty-five years at Deloitte, where he became a Partner advising major organizations on business, technology, and risk initiatives. He has served as Director of Product Development at Alcatel, contributing to telecommunications technology programs. (source)

Cyril Dujardin - Quandela

Cyril Dujardin is the Chief Operating Officer at Quandela, supporting the company in photonic quantum computing. He arrives after leading the Connectivity Business Unit at Eutelsat, where he helped integrate OneWeb and expand satellite connectivity services. Dujardin also headed Digital Security activities at Atos, and held executive positions in defense, critical communications, digital identity, biometrics, and infrastructure security. (source)

Mangoné Fall - The Guthrie Clinic

Mangoné Fall has been selected as Chief Information Security Officer at The Guthrie Clinic. His responsibilities include cyber risk management, governance, compliance, data protection, and initiatives designed to strengthen resilience across clinical and business systems. Fall arrives from Duke Health, where he served as a CISO for one of the nation's largest academic health systems. Earlier in his career, he held cybersecurity positions at Cleveland Clinic, including Deputy CISO and Executive Director of Cybersecurity. (source)

Datuk Dr Michael Lim Joo Soon - LGMS

Datuk Dr Michael Lim Joo Soon has joined the board of LGMS as an Independent Non-Executive Director, adding extensive cybercrime and digital forensics expertise to the cybersecurity company. He spent more than 37 years with the Royal Malaysian Police, where he rose to the rank of Deputy Commissioner and held senior positions focused on cybercrime investigations and intelligence operations. During his tenure, he led national cybercrime initiatives and oversaw investigations involving digital evidence, online fraud, and cross-border cyber threats. (source)

Dr Paul Lim Pang Kiam - LGMS

Dr Paul Lim Pang Kiam has been appointed Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of LGMS. He brings boardroom and executive experience developed through senior positions in banking and the corporate sector. The appointment follows a leadership restructuring to strengthen board stewardship and support the company's continued growth. LGMS expects his governance and commercial expertise to provide strategic guidance. (source)

Fong Choong Fook - LGMS

Fong Choong Fook has been redesignated as Managing Director of LGMS following a leadership restructuring at the cybersecurity company. As founder of LGMS, he has been closely involved in the company's growth and strategic direction since its establishment. He previously served as Executive Chairman and will now take on a more focused executive role. Fong will be guiding strategic priorities as LGMS broadens its cybersecurity services and digital trust capabilities. (source)

Scott Aaronson - Qtonic Quantum

Scott Aaronson has joined Qtonic Quantum as Senior Advisor for Critical Infrastructure and Energy Sector Cybersecurity. He currently leads Aaronson Resilience Advisors and is widely recognized for his work in utility security, cyber resilience, and emergency preparedness. Aaronson spent nearly two decades at the Edison Electric Institute, where he led cybersecurity and resilience initiatives for the U.S. investor-owned electric sector. His career has involved extensive collaboration with the Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, CISA, FERC, NERC, and other federal stakeholders. (source)

Manish Mehta - Palo Alto Networks

Manish Mehta has joined Palo Alto Networks as Director, Global Systems Integrator, where he will oversee relationships with strategic systems integration partners. He brings more than two decades of experience in cybersecurity, cloud technologies, enterprise infrastructure, data protection, and channel management. Before this move, Mehta had worked at Zscaler, Dell Technologies, Wipro Infotech, Tandberg Data, Xerox, and Select Technologies. Throughout his career, he has focused on alliance development, partner ecosystem growth, and go-to-market initiatives. (source)

Jeff Lunglhofer - Coinbase

Jeff Lunglhofer took over as Chief Security Officer at Coinbase, where he now leads the company's security organization as it continues to expand its role in the cryptocurrency and financial services sectors. Prior to joining Coinbase, Lunglhofer was responsible for information security leadership at BNY Mellon, serving nearly eight years as Chief Information Security Officer and overseeing cybersecurity strategy and risk management for the global financial institution. Earlier, Lunglhofer served on the boards of the Analysis and Resilience Center for Systemic Risk and Sheltered Harbor. (source)

Maia Schierberl - Vega

Maia Schierberl stepped into the Regional Sales Manager role at Vega, bringing enterprise cybersecurity sales experience to the company's detection operations platform focused on decentralized security analytics. The move follows Schierberl's time at Wiz, where she spent four years as a Strategic Account Executive driving growth and customer adoption for the cloud security provider. She also brings experience from Okta and Rapid7, where she held enterprise sales roles supporting identity security and cybersecurity solutions, as well as earlier product management experience at Wellington Management. (source)

Chris Klein - Vega

Chris Klein joined Vega as Regional Director, Northeast, where he now leads regional sales efforts and works with customers and partners on the company's security analytics platform. Before this move, Klein spent more than five years at Wiz, managing major accounts and supporting the cloud security company's enterprise growth initiatives. Further back, Klein held strategic account leadership roles at Tanium, Symantec, and RSA Security, building experience in enterprise cybersecurity sales, customer engagement, and large-account management across the security industry. (source)

Jack Roehrig - Pangram labs

Jack Roehrig became Information Security Officer and Executive Security Advisor at Pangram Labs, an AI detection software company, where he supports security strategy, customer trust initiatives, and compliance readiness as the organization expands. Most recently, Roehrig was advising several cybersecurity companies, including Descope. The career arc also covers advisory and investment roles with Island, Wing Security, and Emanate Security, where he has focused on cloud security, governance, risk management, compliance, and emerging cybersecurity technologies. (source)

Naveen Palavalli - Cyera

Naveen Palavalli joined Cyera as Chief Marketing Officer, where he now leads global marketing efforts for the data security company as it expands its position in AI-era data protection and governance. Before this move, Palavalli spent more than two years at Forcepoint, serving as Chief Marketing Officer and later Chief Product and Marketing Officer. Earlier, Palavalli held senior marketing and product leadership roles at Netskope, McAfee, and Symantec, overseeing global demand generation, product marketing, analyst relations, and go-to-market programs across cloud, data, endpoint, email, and application security portfolios. (source)

Mary Owen - Flashpoint

Mary Owen stepped into the VP, Revenue Marketing role at Flashpoint. Owen comes from KnowBe4, where her work covered global demand generation, account-based marketing, content strategy, revenue growth initiatives, and marketing operations over nearly eight years, including more than four years as VP of Marketing, Demand Generation. Before that, she led demand generation efforts at Arcserve and held marketing communications leadership positions at ThreatTrack Security and GFI Software, focusing on cybersecurity marketing, brand development, lead generation, channel programs, and product launch strategies. (source)

Shannon Bonfiglio - Trellix

At Trellix, Shannon Bonfiglio now manages analyst relations as the new Director of Analyst Relations, working with product, marketing, and executive teams to shape market positioning and industry engagement around the company's AI-driven cybersecurity platform. Prior to joining Trellix, Bonfiglio was responsible for content marketing strategy at Palo Alto Networks, where she spent nearly seven years leading messaging, SEO, product launch content, and market education initiatives focused on SASE and SD-WAN technologies. Her earlier work included product marketing and communications leadership roles at Untangle and Agiliance. (source)

Ahmed Pasha - Tradeweb

Ahmed Pasha joined Tradeweb as Global Chief Information Security Officer, taking on oversight of all aspects of cybersecurity at the electronic trading platform operating at trillion-dollar daily scale. He arrives from Nomura, where he spent nearly eight years, most recently as US Head of Information Security and concurrently as Global Head of Threat Management, overseeing cyber threat intelligence, red and purple teams, detection engineering, and attack surface functions. Prior to Nomura, Pasha led threat intelligence and advanced threat research at First Data Corporation and before that served as Threat Intelligence Lead at Citi. (source)

Mary Hayes - ORION Security

At ORION Security, Mary Hayes Weier now leads content strategy and marketing as the company's new Content Strategy & Marketing Lead. Before joining ORION Security, Hayes also served as Director of Content Marketing and Communications at Pipeline360, where she led content strategy, executive thought leadership, communications programs, and go-to-market storytelling initiatives. Her earlier work included more than 13 years at Workday, as well as nearly a decade as a reporter and editor at InformationWeek covering enterprise software, SaaS, and emerging technology trends. (source)

Aaron Hambleton - SecurityHQ

Aaron Hambleton has been appointed Senior Vice President of Product & Services at SecurityHQ, becoming the first executive to hold the newly established role. He has over a decade of experience spanning security operations, incident response, threat hunting, and vulnerability management. Since joining SecurityHQ in 2020, Hambleton has played a key role in developing the company's regional business and most recently served as Director for the Middle East and Africa. A GIAC Certified Defence Analyst, he has worked extensively with security monitoring, cyber resilience, and threat intelligence programs. (source)

Richard Rogers - TENEX.ai

Richard Rogers has joined TENEX.ai as Chief Marketing Officer. Rogers brings over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud computing, AI, and enterprise software. Rogers has served as Chief Marketing Officer at ExtraHop, led startup marketing initiatives at Amazon Web Services, and developed global field and channel marketing programs at Palo Alto Networks. Rogers also held leadership positions at SAP, Oracle, Veritas, Symantec, and KPMG. (source)

Supriya Ahuja - U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Supriya Ahuja has assumed the role of Acting Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She steps into the position after serving as Director of Cybersecurity Risk Operations at DHS since late 2025. Ahuja brings nearly two decades of experience in cybersecurity risk management, governance, compliance, vulnerability management, and security authorization programs. Her career also includes cybersecurity governance and risk management responsibilities at ATI. (source)

Dr Bartley Richardson - CrowdStrike

Dr Bartley Richardson has joined CrowdStrike as Chief AI and Autonomous Systems Officer. He arrives from NVIDIA, where he led engineering efforts focused on agentic AI and cybersecurity applications. During his tenure, Richardson contributed to initiatives including the NeMo Agent Toolkit and AI-Q research assistant, helping organizations with AI capabilities. At CrowdStrike, he will focus on autonomous security and the use of AI across the Falcon platform. (source)

Ankit Singh - Axis Max Life Insurance

Ankit Singh has been promoted to Assistant Vice President, SOC & Cyber Security at Axis Max Life Insurance. He will oversee security operations, cyber defense initiatives, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, cloud security, and enterprise security architecture. Singh brings more than 15 years of experience and has served as Chief Manager at Axis Max Life. Earlier, he held positions at In2IT Technologies, Hexaware Technologies, Wipro, HCL Infosystems, Larsen & Toubro, and AnexGATE Network Security Solutions. (source)

Sameer Mehta - Opal Security

Sameer Mehta has joined Opal Security as Chief Product Officer, strengthening the company's leadership team as demand grows for identity governance spanning employees, service accounts, and AI agents. He worked at Veza, where he led product initiatives focused on non-human identity security, access intelligence, and identity lifecycle management. Earlier, Mehta oversaw a global product organization at Citrix and held technology leadership roles at Symantec and Sun Microsystems Research Labs. (source)

Alex Pien - Opal Security

Alex Pien has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Opal Security, taking a larger role in the company's engineering strategy and identity governance platform. He joined Opal in 2024 as a Staff Software Engineer and has helped strengthen the company's technical foundation. Before Opal, Pien spent nearly a decade at Meta, where he served as a Staff Software Engineer and led teams responsible for major web platform infrastructure supporting Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI. (source)

John Clark - Opal Security

John Clark has joined Opal Security as Vice President of Field Engineering. He brings nearly three decades of experience supporting enterprise technology and cloud security. Clark served as Director of Solutions Engineering for AI Security at Cisco and held leadership positions at Valtix, ThousandEyes, Riverbed Technology, and OPNET Technologies, building and scaling engineering teams through periods of rapid growth and major acquisitions. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with product, engineering, sales, and customer success teams. (source)

Michael Kwon - Opal Security

Michael Kwon has taken on the role of Vice President of Marketing at Opal Security. His appointment follows a stint at Bretton AI, where he helped build marketing and demand generation programs for a financial crime compliance platform serving banks and fintechs. Kwon has spent much of his career helping technology companies scale through pivotal growth stages, holding leadership positions at Clumio, Redis, and SignalFx. He also contributed to growth initiatives at Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, and Symantec. His background spans cybersecurity, cloud, enterprise software, and AI. (source)

Christine Ooley - Opal Security

Christine Ooley has joined Opal Security as Head of Product and Solutions Marketing. She arrives from Salesforce, where she led product marketing teams supporting MuleSoft, integration, API, and automation offerings. Her work included developing messaging around autonomous agents, AI governance, large language models, and agent-driven architectures for enterprise customers. Ooley held go-to-market and consulting roles at Box, helping organizations navigate large-scale technology deployments and digital transformation projects. (source)

Myles Bray - CyberSentriq

Myles Bray has taken over as Chief Executive Officer of CyberSentriq. He joins after serving as Chief Revenue Officer at Feedzai. Bray also held revenue leadership positions at Forcepoint and Arqit, contributing to cybersecurity and quantum encryption businesses during periods of growth and market expansion. His background includes nearly five years leading EMEA sales at Forescout and senior leadership roles at F5, VCE, Dell EMC, and other enterprise technology organizations. (source)

James Brown - CyberSentriq

James Brown has joined CyberSentriq as Chief Strategy Officer, taking responsibility for the company's AI-native cybersecurity and resilience strategy. He brings experience spanning cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, identity, encryption, and AI developed across some of the technology sector's largest vendors and emerging startups. Most recently, Brown led AI and cloud product strategy at Akamai following its acquisition of Ondat, where he served as Chief Product Officer. Brown held leadership positions at Arqit, Palo Alto Networks, Alert Logic, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft. (source)

Bonnie Mitchell - CyberSentriq

Bonnie Mitchell has joined CyberSentriq as Chief Financial Officer, becoming part of the leadership team guiding the cybersecurity company's growth. Her appointment follows finance leadership roles at Cambridge Future Tech, Proactis, and payments technology provider Form3. Mitchell has spent much of her career working with high-growth and private equity-backed organizations. Her experience also includes positions at Green Park, ADP, Royal Bank of Scotland, and EY. (source)

James Griffin - CyberSentriq

James Griffin has transitioned from Chief Executive Officer of CyberSentriq to a Board Advisor role. Griffin led the company through its formative period after the merger of TitanHQ and Redstor, helping establish CyberSentriq as a unified cybersecurity and resilience platform serving MSPs and SMBs. Before CyberSentriq, he served as CEO of Redstor. His career includes executive roles at Vodafone, IRIS Software, Zen Internet, Outsourcery, and Star Technology, where he worked on cloud platforms, hosting services, SaaS offerings, and digital transformation initiatives. (source)

Borja Vega - Ecix

Borja Vega has been appointed Director of Innovation and Artificial Intelligence at Ecix. Vega has spent much of his career building machine learning, data science, and AI systems for regulated environments. Before returning to Ecix, he led AI initiatives at ElixTech. His background also includes data science and machine learning roles at Paradigma Digital, Bip Iberia, Multiasistencia, and Ecix itself. Across those positions, he worked on fraud detection, risk analysis, cloud-based AI platforms, and advanced analytics projects. (source)

Javier Naharro - Ecix

Javier Naharro has transitioned into a role focused on AI solutions business development and the continued training of Ecix's Legal Engineering team. He has spent more than 14 years with Ecix, working across technology, innovation, eSolutions, compliance software, privacy, and cybersecurity-related services. Naharro’s background includes founding Zoel Intelligence and Retiria, along with serving as CTO of MIA Breach Hunter. The move places him closer to Ecix's AI commercialization efforts. (source)