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Opsera Strengthens Enterprise GTM Executive Leadership Appointing Industry Veterans Gregg Holzrichter and Robert Amaral as CMO and CRO to Accelerate Efficient Growth

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Opsera, the Unified DevOps Platform trusted by Innovative Enterprise IT Organizations, announced B2B enterprise GTM executive leadership additions with the appointment of Gregg Holzrichter as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Robert Amaral as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Gregg and Robert bring decades of enterprise-B2B industry experience scaling and accelerating efficient growth.

Key Points: 
  • Gregg and Robert bring decades of enterprise-B2B industry experience scaling and accelerating efficient growth.
  • Join AWS, Workday, and Opsera for a LinkedIn Live discussion February 8
    Opsera appoints Holzrichter as CMO, an experienced enterprise software veteran to the leadership team.
  • "I am inspired by technologies that disrupt the status quo and transform industries," said Gregg Holzrichter, CMO of Opsera.
  • "I look forward to sharing my experience scaling enterprise GTM best practices at Opsera," said Robert Amaral, CRO of Opsera.

Cybersecurity Industry Leader Bob Pratt Joins MixMode as Senior Vice President of Product

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MixMode Inc., the leader in generative AI cybersecurity solutions for real-time detection and response, today welcomed Bob Pratt as its new Senior Vice President of Product. In this role, Pratt will be responsible for all aspects of the MixMode product portfolio, including UX design, roadmap, product research and development.

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  • SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MixMode Inc., the leader in generative AI cybersecurity solutions for real-time detection and response, today welcomed Bob Pratt as its new Senior Vice President of Product.
  • In this role, Pratt will be responsible for all aspects of the MixMode product portfolio, including UX design, roadmap, product research and development.
  • Pratt is a product leader with over 25 years of experience driving innovation for cybersecurity companies.
  • As Senior Vice President of Product, he will lead the product management, design and engineering teams to build and deliver compelling new offerings for MixMode customers.

Iridia Announces Appointment of Buck Watia as Vice President, Corporate Development

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iridia™ Inc., a pioneer in the field of DNA-based data storage, is excited to welcome Buck Watia as the Vice President of Corporate Development.

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  • SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iridia™ Inc., a pioneer in the field of DNA-based data storage, is excited to welcome Buck Watia as the Vice President of Corporate Development.
  • With a demonstrated history of accelerating tech startups to success and launching impactful ventures within leading software, infrastructure, and Cloud companies, Buck is poised to drive significant transformation at Iridia.
  • Before joining Iridia, Buck held a key role as the Head of Strategy & Growth at Microsoft, within the Security, Cloud & AI business.
  • He led the business and corporate development functions at CyberX, guiding it towards a strategic acquisition by Microsoft in 2020.

Certinia Appoints Rick Caccia as Chief Marketing Officer

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Certinia, the platform for services businesses, today announced the appointment of Rick Caccia as Chief Marketing Officer.

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  • Certinia, the platform for services businesses, today announced the appointment of Rick Caccia as Chief Marketing Officer.
  • Caccia will report to President and CEO Scott Brown and serve as a member of the executive team, overseeing Brand and Creative, Product Marketing, Global Communications, Demand Generation, Digital Marketing and Marketing Operations.
  • Caccia brings over 25 years of experience in marketing across enterprise SaaS, data management, and security markets.
  • “Certinia delivers clear outcomes for customers, driving out complexity and improving operational effectiveness,” said Rick Caccia.

Sevco Security Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of Brian Contos as Chief Strategy Officer

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Sevco Security , the cloud-native CAASM platform that delivers the industry’s most accurate, continuously updated IT asset inventory, today announced the appointment of Brian Contos as chief strategy officer.

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  • Sevco Security , the cloud-native CAASM platform that delivers the industry’s most accurate, continuously updated IT asset inventory, today announced the appointment of Brian Contos as chief strategy officer.
  • The strategic hire expands Sevco Security’s world-class leadership team, which includes Carbon Black and Cylance founders.
  • As chief strategy officer, Brian will work closely with customers and partners to understand their requirements and collaborate with Sevco’s product and go-to-market teams to help ensure the company meets them.
  • “Few industry leaders possess the deep, proven experience as a practitioner, entrepreneur, and thought leader as Brian,” said J.J.

Ballistic Ventures Appoints Expert Cybersecurity GTM Advisors

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballistic Ventures, the venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in cybersecurity, today announced it added three go-to-market (GTM) experts, Marcus Bragg, Raffael Marty and John Spiliotis, as advisors. They join fellow Ballistic advisors as cybersecurity leaders who are guiding the firm's portfolio companies in their growth.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballistic Ventures , the venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in cybersecurity, today announced it added three go-to-market (GTM) experts, Marcus Bragg, Raffael Marty and John Spiliotis, as advisors.
  • They join fellow Ballistic advisors as cybersecurity leaders who are guiding the firm's portfolio companies in their growth.
  • From top-down models and PLG, to channel and MSSP programs – these advisors have seen and driven it all," said Barmak Meftah, General Partner of Ballistic Ventures.
  • "We're excited to have our GTM advisors join Ballistic, and we'll continue to tap our networks for cybersecurity leaders who want to work together to make our portfolio companies successful and secure our digital world."

Ballistic Ventures Names David Hahn as Inaugural CISO-in-Residence

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballistic Ventures, the venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in cybersecurity, today announced the launch of its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)-in-Residence program. The VC firm named seasoned CISO David Hahn as its inaugural CISO-in-Residence.

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  • The VC firm named seasoned CISO David Hahn as its inaugural CISO-in-Residence.
  • "It's an honor to welcome David Hahn as our first CISO-in-Residence," Thornton added.
  • "I am very excited to work with the Ballistic team and their portfolio companies as CISO-in-Residence," said Hahn.
  • Ballistic Ventures is a venture capital firm solely dedicated to early-stage cybersecurity and cyber-related companies.

ArmorCode Secures $14 Million Series A Investment to Scale AppSecOps Platform

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --  ArmorCode, the leader in AppSecOps, today announced it secured a $14 million Series A investment led by Ballistic Ventures, the venture capital firm solely focused on backing cybersecurity startups, founded by Kevin Mandia, Barmak Meftah, Ted Schlein, Jake Seid, and Roger Thornton. Other investors include Sierra Ventures, Cervin, and industry luminaries such as John Donovan, the former CEO of AT&T Communications, Oliver Friedrichs, founder and former CEO of Phantom Cyber (acquired by Splunk), John M. Jack, current board member at Contrast Security and Illumio, among others, and Tom Reilly, former CEO of Cloudera and ArcSight. Founded in July 2020, ArmorCode's Series A brings its total funding to $25 million, underscoring its momentum, which includes a seven-figure annual recurring revenue within its first financial year and revenue doubling in consecutive quarters with customers that include Fortune 100 enterprises.

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  • "ArmorCode gives us immediate visibility into our application security posture, across all applications, APIs, and microservices.
  • This funding will help our business scale as we provide the industry leading AppSecOps platform and enable more organizations to secure their AppSec posture."
  • ArmorCode customers use the platform for AppSec Posture, Vulnerability and Compliance Management, and DevSecOps automation.
  • ArmorCode AppSecOps platform is delivering a 10X AppSec Force Multiplier impact to several marquee enterprises.

Cado Security Announces Board Appointments

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Cado Security , the cloud investigation and response automation company, today announced the appointment of Chris Corde to its Board of Directors and Chris Smith to its Board of Advisors.

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  • Cado Security , the cloud investigation and response automation company, today announced the appointment of Chris Corde to its Board of Directors and Chris Smith to its Board of Advisors.
  • We are excited to welcome Chris Corde and Chris Smith to our board, as we continue to scale our business and disrupt cloud security, said James Campbell, CEO and Co-Founder, Cado Security.
  • Cado Securitys unique approach enables security teams to gain forensic-level detail, without forensic-level effort, and Im excited to join the Board to assist them in their next stage of growth.
  • Backed by Blossom Capital and Ten Eleven Ventures, Cado Security has offices in the United States and United Kingdom.

Devo Technology Delivers Industry’s First Comprehensive Cloud-Native Platform for the SOC with Acquisition of Next-Gen SOAR Provider LogicHub

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Devo Technology , the cloud-native logging and security analytics company, today announced the acquisition of LogicHub , a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) innovator.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Devo Technology , the cloud-native logging and security analytics company, today announced the acquisition of LogicHub , a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) innovator.
  • Between recent funding, M&A activity, our new product innovations, customer wins and continued global expansion, Devo is continuing our disruption of the security market, said Marc van Zadelhoff, CEO of Devo.
  • Today marks a major step in our progress towards not just the autonomous SOC, but in rounding out the complete SaaS stack of SOC capabilities that our customers need today.
  • LogicHub delivers intelligent automation-driven extended detection and response solutions that are flexible enough to fit any customers requirements.