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 Emma Chervek ([email protected]) for inclusion in our monthly headcount column.

Google Cloud is set for a change of leadership of its global telecom business just ahead of the cloud giant’s annual Next event and on the heels of scoring a significant deal with T-Mobile US.

Amol Phadke is leaving his position at Google Cloud, which he had held for just over three years. In a note on his LinkedIn page, Phadke wrote that he was “super excited to start my new adventure – taking on an exciting new opportunity within the telecom industry.”

“While it may be tempting to speculate about my departure as well as my new role, rest assured that I will be announcing what my next adventure is when the timing is right … and it will be very soon,” he added.

T-Mobile US is slashing 5,000 jobs on the heels of the telecommunication company’s management touting the carrier’s outsized success.

In an email to T-Mobile US employees, which was also included in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on the job cuts, CEO Mike Sievert explained the approximately 5,000 employees being let go represent around 7% of the carrier’s total employee base at the telecom operator.

Sievert wrote that those people losing their jobs would be notified over the next five weeks and come “primarily in corporate and back-office, and some technology roles.”

LightRiver named Mike Jonas as CEO.

EnterpriseDB appointed Kevin Dallas as CEO.

Optera hired Megan Dunne as VP of finance; Derek Kujhl as VP of sales; Nancy Schoemann as SVP of operations; Katie Oakes as VP of marketing; Alekhya Reddy as VP of product; and Ilya Sukhanov as VP of engineering.

Cycode appointed Seth Robbins as chief revenue officer and Ronen Shetelboim as SVP of marketing.

Cloudera named Charles Sansbury as the company’s new CEO.

Uptycs hired Kevin Paige as chief information security officer and VP of product strategy.

Navisite welcomed Mary Fratto Rowe as chief customer officer.

Ngrok appointed Zubin Tavaria as chief marketing officer; Heather McLinden as chief people officer; and Chad Tindel as field technology officer and VP of worldwide solution architecture.

Afero hired Kumar Das as chief business officer.

QuSecure named Craig Hill as an independent director on the company’s Board of Directors.

Dexian appointed Jeff Buss as CIO.

Aqua Security named Youssef Takhssaiti as director of FedRAMP.

Securonix hired Paul Gregory as chief people and culture officer.

Rakuten Symphony announced Tareq Amin left the company. Mickey Mikitani will take over as CEO and Sharad Sriwastawa as acting president.

Cohesity named Eric Brown as CFO and Srinivasan Murari as chief development officer.

Pax8 announced Craig Donovan as chief experience officer.

Utimaco appointed Cindy Provin as chief sales and strategy officer for telecom solutions.

Celigo hired James Whitemore as chief marketing officer.

Camelot Secure named Sherri Thomas as chief revenue officer.

Protegrity promoted Dante Malagrino to chief product officer and named Christian Carnell as CFO.

AuditBoard appointed Haibei Wang as chief development officer.

Schneider Electric hired Antonio Di Vaira as SVP of power products and systems.

AVANT named Mike Wolfington as VP of sales.

Abnormal Security appointed Michael DeCesare as president and Maya Marcus as chief people officer.

Illumio announced the appointment of L. David Kingsley as chief people officer.

Zilliant hired Chriss Lee as chief revenue officer.

Seclore named Justin Endres as chief revenue officer.

ThoughtSpot appointed Jeff Depa as chief revenue officer.

Rubrik appointed Jesse Green as VP of Sales, the Americas.

Sevco Security hired Kyle Derr as CTO.

Vectra AI named Scott Dussault as CFO.

Valtech appointed Suzanne Schroder as chief collaboration officer.

Infovista announced the appointment of David Tulis as chief revenue officer.

Hyland named Leonard Kim as chief product officer.

Celonis hired Carsten Thoma as president.

Globalstar appointed Paul Jacobs as CEO.

Cradlepoint named Donna Johnson as chief marketing officer.

Expel announced the appointment of Yonni Shelmerdine as chief product officer.

Infoblox hired Mukesh Gupta as SVP and chief product officer.

Aptean appointed Miguel Gernaey as chief marketing officer.

Zenlayer named Craig Kaplan as SVP of sales.

Contrast Security hired Julie Giannini as chief customer officer.

Navisite appointed Dirk Lonser as SVP of professional services.