Here are some of the latest executive hirings, promotions, and staff changes that happened in August. If you’d like SDxCentral to report on your company’s movers and shakers, or if you’ve got a tip about layoffs and restructuring, please send the information to Julia King ([email protected]) for inclusion in the monthly headcount column.

The technical hiring landscape has drastically changed since the pandemic according to software company Karat’s new 2022 Tech Hiring Trends Report.

Now, one of the major hiring priority differences between top performing and lower performing engineering and talent leaders is diversity.

“Top Performing Engineering Leaders are twice as likely to emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) as a priority compared to lower performers,” the report stated. In fact, only 33% of lower performing engineering leaders marked “strongly agree” to DE&I as a hiring priority, compared to top performing engineering leaders at 67%.

Cisco‘s executive shakeups are continuing as marketing leader Prashanth Shenoy announced he’s leaving his 22-year tenure at the company and moving to cross-town rival VMware.

Shenoy led Cisco’s marketing of networking, cloud and data center solutions, and strategy, and will fill similar shoes at VMware as the vendor’s VP of cloud platform, infrastructure, and solutions marketing. Cisco declined to comment on Shenoy’s departure.

Amid VMware’s multi-cloud push, Shenoy is poised to be “a perfect fit” to execute the vendor’s broader vision, SVP and GM of VMware’s Cloud Infrastructure Business Group Mark Lohmeyer told SDxCentral in an email, citing Shenoy’s technical background and deep knowledge of common customer challenges.

Ex-VMware cybersecurity head Tom Kellermann is moving to Contrast Security where he will assume the role of SVP of cyber strategy.

At Contrast, Kellermann will be responsible for developing and overseeing the company’s government and financial sector strategy, which will include advising government agencies, standard bodies, financial institutions, and insurers and regulators. He will also be charged with developing an industrywide approach to sharing strategic, software-layer cyberintelligence, according to the company’s press release about the move.

Equinix appointed Scott Crenshaw as EVP and GM of digital services.

Extreme Networks promoted Cristian Mircea to chief development officer, Markus Nispel to CTO for EMEA, and Dan DeBacker to SVP of products.

Nutanix named Andrew Brinded chief revenue officer.

Draganfly hired Deborah Greenberg as chief legal officer.

Versa Networks named Pantelis Astenburg as VP of sales in the DACH region. 

Presidio, Inc announced Manny Korakis as chief financial officer.

Lightmatter hired Ritesh Jain as VP of engineering, systems, and packaging, Jessie Zhang as VP of finance, Richard Ho as VP of hardware engineering, and Steve Klinger as VP of product.

Expereo appointed Rupert Wadsworth as SVP of marketing, Sujata Kukreja as general counsel, and Scott Zarriello as SVP of enterprise sales.

Query.AI announced Matt Eberhart as CEO.

Cohesity appointed Sanjay Poonen as CEO and president. 

CaptivateIQ appointed Mark Kemp as VP of customer experience and Ola Olusoga as head of design.

CloudBees hired Anjur Kapur as president and CEO.

Fastly appointed Todd Nightingale as CEO.

Webscale appointed Lou Cofini as chief revenue officer.

Infoblox announced Joe Gately as SVP of sales.

Coalition appointed Jim Young as CFO, John Littzi as general counsel, and Julie Richardson to its board of directors.

KX announced Ashok Reddy as CEO.

Mirakl appointed Alex Hase as GM and EVP of sales U.S. 

Zip appointed Tyson Knight as VP of services.

[redacted] appointed Aaron Ansari as chief revenue officer.

LastPass announced Amy Appleyard as chief revenue officer.

WalkMe hired Adriel Sanchez as CMO. 

HYCU named Justin Schumacher as chief financial officer.

Dell’Oro Group appointed Siân Morgan as research director of its wireless LAN program.

Crosschq announced Jacob Paul as chief product officer.

Brillio appointed Camie Shelmire as chief people officer.

NetWitness hired Ken Naumann as CEO.

Paperless Parts announced Sarah McAuley as CMO.

Onymos announced Keith Feingold as VP of worldwide sales.

HydroGraph Clean Power hired Jennifer E. Carmichael as a director of business development.

Kazoo + WorkTango named Lindsey Fine as SVP of sales, Merrily McGugan as VP of brand & communications, and David Sin as VP of demand generation & growth. 

CData hired Josh Waldo as chief revenue officer. 

Lightning hired Jatheen Anand as VP of engineering, Priya Shivakumar as VP of product, and Mike Bilodeau as VP of marketing.

Intel elected Lip-Bu Tan to its board of directors.

Cockroach Labs announced Michelle Wilson will join its board of directors.

Cognite appointed Paul Grenet as chief revenue officer.

BackBox hired Josh Stephens as chief strategy officer and Gautam Shankar as VP of MSP sales.

1Password announced Steve Won as chief product officer. 

Starburst hired Alison Huselid as SVP of product management.

Openvault promoted Keith Broach to EVP of global sales.  

NS1 announced Emily Nerland as head of global sales. 

Leaseweb appointed Richard Copeland as CEO of its U.S. business.

Ermetic promoted Toby Buschini to chief revenue officer and appointed Chad Boyer as VP of enterprise sales for North America.

Telstra named Eric Dalessio as VP of customer service delivery for the Americas.

Dynatrace appointed Nicole Fitzpatrick as general counsel and Sue Quackenbush as chief people officer.

Priori Legal appointed Jill Black as VP of marketing.

Stord appointed Tom Barone as president and chief commercial officer.

Fobi appointed Jon Haydock as CTO.

Stream Data Centers announced Mike Lebow as SVP of location strategy and development. 

Skyhigh Security announced Scott Goree as VP of worldwide channels, Jeff Tripp as senior director of America’s channels, and John N. Stewart as executive advisor.

Leaseweb Global appointed Richard Copeland as CEO.

Woolpert hired Brent Wilson as sales director for its technology services division.

Forbes Technology Council accepted Sander Barens as a member.

Domo announced Wendy Steinle as CMO.

Wyld Networks appointed Brent Storts as VP of sales and business development.

ZEDEDA announced Erik Nordmark as CTO, Paul Campaniello as VP of marketing, Michael Maxey as VP of business development, and Raghu Vatte as VP of product management and customer success.

AttackIQ appointed John Brown as head of global channel.

J3 Consulting LLC appointed Peter Cipriano as CIO.

NCS today announced Alfred Goh as managing partner of its new enterprise strategic business group.

Mediavine promoted Yolanda Evans to chief people & culture officer.

CalAmp announced Kurt Binder will step down as chief financial officer. 

Trellix appointed Kim Anstett as CIO.

Lookout appointed Deborah Wolf as CMO.

Menlo Security appointed Todd Wilson as VP of global channels and John Wrobel as chief revenue officer.

Qorvo appointed Grant Brown chief financial officer.

EdgeIQ appointed Tony Lapolito as chief product officer, Melyssa Plunkett-Gomez as chief commercial officer, and Erin McGarry as chief financial officer.

Yellowbrick hired Robert Potts as VP of North American sales.

Bright Data announced Omri Orgad as chief customer officer, Yanay Sela as CMO, Limor Kidron as chief people officer, Keren Pakes as chief brand and communications officer, and Ofir Meir as director of security partnerships. 

Devo Technology announced Kate Reed as CMO and Kayla Williams as CISO.

Agiloft appointed John Pechacek as CTO and Laura Richardson as general counsel.

One Identity appointed Tat Ng as VP of global engineering, Darren Thomson as VP of product marketing, and Ken Evans as VP of global demand generation & field marketing. 

Rubrik announced Steven Stone will lead the new Rubrik Zero Labs threat intelligence initiative, Chris Krebs will lead Rubrik’s CISO advisory board, and Michael Mestrovich as CISO.

Ambassador Labs appointed Steve Rodda as CEO. 

LightEdge promoted Leland Mankin to VP of operations.

Ericsson appointed Ekow Nelson as the country GM of Ericsson United Arab Emirates.

Xage hired Darron Makrokanis as chief revenue officer and Matthew Heideman as VP of federal. 

Lynx Software Technologies appointed Amanda Blum as chief financial officer.  

Freshworks appointed Dennis Woodside as president.

SAP named Lloyd Adams president of SAP North America and Dominik Asam as chief financial officer.

Aryaka Networks promoted Craig Patterson to SVP of Global Channels.