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

Apple said it will invest more than $430 billion over the next five years to add more than 20,000 new jobs in the U.S. and bolster the development of silicon to support 5G equipment and infrastructure.

The company said the investment would target American suppliers, data center investments, capital expenditures in the U.S., and its Apple TV+ productions. North Carolina is a particular beneficiary of the announcement, with the state targeted to receive more than $1 billion that includes construction of a new campus and engineering hub in the Research Triangle area that will create at least 3,000 jobs.

“We’re creating jobs in cutting-edge fields — from 5G to silicon engineering to artificial intelligence — investing in the next generation of innovative new businesses, and in all our work, building toward a greener and more equitable future,” Apple CEO Tim Cook explained in a statement.

Unstructured data management software vendor Datadobi appointed Paul Repice as the company’s new VP of Sales for the Americas.

ReliaQuest announced two new senior appointments. Kara Wilson was named to the board of directors and welcomed Alex Bender as its new CMO.

Splunk named Teresa Carlson to the newly created role of president and chief growth officer.

Ahana welcomed Satish Ramakrishnan as VP of engineering.

Gary Hagmueller was appointed CEO of Dgraph Labs. Company founder Manish Jain will transition to the role of CTO.

Adrian McDermott stepped into a new role at Zendesk as CTO. The company also welcomed Brandon Gayle and Steve Johnson to its board of directors.

Forescout hired Wael Mohamed to serve as the company's new CEO.

Rich Burroughs joined Loft Labs as its new senior developer advocate.

Axonius tapped former Stack Overflow CFO Jerry Raphael to join its executive team as CFO.

Brian Spanswick was appointed to serve as Cohesity's first CISO.

Former Workfront CFO Jon Pexton was named UserTesting's new CFO.

D2iQ announced the appointment of Karl Triebes as VP of product.

ColorTokens co-Founder Rajesh Khazanchi was appointed to CEO. Co-founder and former CEO Nitin Mehta will remain with the company as the executive chairman of the board of directors.

Dell’Oro Group named Dr. Cliff Grossner to the role of VP, edge computing and IT equipment silicon.

Agentless device security platform provider Armis welcomed Tim Mackie to serve as its new worldwide VP of channel.

Anu Subramanian was selected to serve as CloudCheckr's new CTO.

Jennifer Chronis was promoted to SVP of Verizon public sector.

Extreme Networks announced the appointment of John Abel as CIO.

Lucy McGrath was named Auth0's first VP of privacy.

Former Big Switch Networks executive Mitch Breen was selected to serve as CRO at Infoblox.

Solo.io added two new leaders to its executive team with the appointments of Erik Frieberg as CMO and Barry Lieberman as VP of sales.

Joe Constantine joined JMA Wireless as chief technology and strategy officer.

NTT Research appointed Matthew Ireland CISO.

ThoughtSpot announced the appointment of Pam Holmberg as head of people.

TriggerMesh welcomed Red Hat's senior director global transformation John M. Willis as a formal advisor to the company.

Dawn Jones was named chief diversity and inclusion officer (CDIO) and vice president of social impact at Intel.

IFS appointed Johan Made as CCO.

Okta channel partners selected Steve Dodenhoff to serve as SVP of worldwide partners and alliances.

Threat intelligence company Intel 471 announced two new executive hires with the appointments of Brandon Hoffman as its first CISO Joy Nemitz as the new CMO.

Tricentis named Kevin Thompson as chairman of the board and CEO. Former CEO Sandeep Johri will remain involved with the company as a member of the board of directors.

Cloud-based data protection company Infrascale welcomed Sarah Hamilton as SVP of marketing.

Forcepoint added three new names to its board of directors:

• Matt Dircks – BeyondTrust
• John McCormack – Teleo Capital Operating Partner
• John Zangardi – Redhorse Corporation

InfluxData announced three leadership promotions:

• Barbara Nelson – VP of applications
• Rick Spencer – VP of platform
• Marc Kaplan – VP of  technical services