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Securiti Announces Major Expansion of Management Team to Scale Global Go to Market

Adds Former Executives from Palo Alto Networks, Google and Dropbox to Lead Sales, Customer Success and Marketing

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sep. 13, 2021 -- Securiti, the leader in multicloud data protection, privacy and governance, today announced it has added several former senior sales and marketing executives from Palo Alto Networks, Google and Dropbox to lead the company’s global go-to-market expansion. Matt Hickey from Palo Alto Networks joins as CRO, Rob Sexton from Palo Alto Networks joins as VP Sales for North America, Parmeet Chaddha from Google joins as SVP Customer Success and Alex Poulos from Dropbox joins as VP of Marketing. In addition, many new team members have joined the go-to-market organizations.

“Securiti is on a mission to rethink how all obligations around data are fulfilled using a unified platform, particularly at the intersection of multicloud adoption. Enterprises globally have adopted Securiti’s category-defining architecture and platform,” said Rehan Jalil, President and CEO of Securiti. “Our immensely talented team is at the core of Securiti’s innovation and rapid growth. We are thrilled to add more proven senior executives to help further accelerate our global growth.”

The following executives have joined the Securiti management team effectively immediately:

Matt Hickey, CRO, was formerly VP of Go to Market for Palo Alto Networks following its acquisition of CloudGenix where he was SVP of Global Sales. He has also served as VP of Sales for Dell EMC.

Rob Sexton, VP of Sales for North America, was formerly VP of Sales at Palo Alto Networks following its acquisition of CloudGenix where he served as VP of Enterprise Sales for North America. He has also served in executive sales positions at Dell EMC.

Parmeet Chadda, SVP Customer Success and Strategic Alliances, was formerly Head of Strategic Technology Alliances for Google following its acquisition of CloudSimple where he was SVP of Business Development and Customer Success. He has also held executive management positions in customer success and partnerships with Nutanix and Dell EMC.

Alex Poulos, VP Marketing, was formerly head of DocSend Marketing at Dropbox following its acquisition of DocSend where he was CMO. He has also held executive marketing positions at Support.com and NetDimensions.

Since the beginning of the year, Securiti has received many external recognitions, including:

  • Being selected as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Privacy Management Software 2021
  • Receiving the prestigious SINET 16 Innovator Award for Security
  • Closing a strategic partnership and funding from Cisco Systems
  • Closing a strategic partnership and funding from Workday
  • Announcing a strategic partnership with Snowflake
  • Being selected by Forbes as one of the top 25 startups in artificial intelligence and machine learning
  • Being included in the CB Insights AI 100 ranking of the 100 most promising private AI companies in the world

About Securiti

Securiti is the leader in multicloud data protection, privacy and governance. Organizations globally rely on Securiti to secure and govern data systems and apps, meet global privacy regulations and stay compliant. Securiti was winner of “Most Innovative Startup” at RSA Conference 2020, winner of “IAPP Privacy Innovation Award”, and named “Top 25 Machine Learning Startups to Watch in 2021”, by Forbes magazine. To learn more, please visit securiti.ai or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.

Media Contact:

Marc Gendron
Marc Gendron PR for Securiti
marc@mgr.net
617.877.7480

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