Here are some of the latest executive hirings, promotions, and staff changes that happened in October. 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 Emma Chervek ([email protected]) for inclusion in the monthly headcount column.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger attempted to put a positive spin on the company’s third-quarter 2021 earnings call despite the ongoing chip shortage and long-time CFO George Davis' decision to leave the company.

On the call, Gelsinger touted Intel’s recent successes including the groundbreaking of two new foundries in Arizona and upcoming Alder Lake CPUs, which are slated for release at Intel’s Innovation event.

Gelsinger also lamented the loss of Davis, thanking him for his 15 years of service at Intel. Davis will leave the chipmaker in the first half of 2022.

Just like Justin Timberlake brought sexy back in 2006, Pat Gelsinger is bringing the geek back to Intel 15 years later.

And with the geek’s return, the recently appointed Intel chief promised to make developers a priority — something he admits “we haven’t done a great job of recently.”

“Let me be clear, Intel’s commitment to you is a developer-first approach,” Gelsinger said. “We can and we will do better. Through the developer community, we are entering a renewed era of innovation.”

Ivanti named Jeff Abbott as CEO.

Snyk appointed former VMware COO Sanjay Poonen to its board of directors.

InterVision appointed Jonathan Lerner as president and CEO.

InfluxData appointed Arwa Kaddoura as chief revenue officer, Carolyn Moore as chief people officer, and Brian Mullen as chief marketing officer.

Auterion appointed Jeff Jones as chief revenue officer.

Nutanix announced Chris Kaddaras will be leaving the company.

Rocket Software named Milan Shetti as CEO.

TrueFort appointed Matthew Voss as VP of research and development.

Versa Networks appointed Lalit Kumar as CFO.

Open Systems announced the appointment of Michael Davis as chief architect and Chris Raniere as chief revenue officer.

SAP appointed Supriya Jha as chief diversity and inclusion officer.

Nonvoice appointed James Fryer as CTO.

AVEVA appointed Caspar Herzberg as chief revenue officer and Helen Lamprell as general counsel and company secretary.

Ordr appointed René Bonvanie as executive chairman to the company’s board of directors.

Optiv appointed Cheryl VanVoorhees as EVP of operations and Rocky DeStefano as CTO.

Strata Identity announced the appointment of Drew Prante as chief revenue officer.

SmartBear appointed Dan Faulkner as chief product officer.

Sentry announced the appointment of Chris de Vylder as chief revenue officer.

DigitalOcean appointed Gabe Monroy as chief product officer.

Infinidat announced the appointment of Eric Herzog as CMO.

Rubrik appointed Puppet CEO Yvone Wassenaar to its board of directors.

Kaseya appointed Jason Manar as CISO.

Vodafone announced plans to hire 7,000 software engineers by 2025.

SAP appointed Ritu Bhargava as chief product officer for customer experience.

OpenDrives appointed André Rievers as VP of operations.

Alef appointed Mike Mulica as CEO and Ganesh Sundaram as CEO of Alef Innovations.

Cribl appointed Jim Cavanaugh to run the American sales team, Patrick Wade to run global sales engineering, Zachary Kilpatrick to lead global channels, and Mike Podobnik as VP of people.

Aqua Security announced the appointment of Limor Schwartz as CFO.

Aryaka appointed Ed Pearce as national channel director of North America.

Silverfort appointed Drew Schuil as chief revenue officer.

Immersive Labs appointed Evelyn Swaim as CMO.

The Cyber Readiness Institute named Karen Evans as managing director.

AMD appointed Kevin Lepak as an AMD corporate fellow.

Cobalt appointed Russ Cobb as CMO.