30 Notable IT Executive Moves: May 2025
WatchGuard, Shield AI, Red River, Perficient, SailPoint, GuidePoint and Monday.com were among the tech companies making key executive hires and moves in May 2025.
New CEOs at WatchGuard, Shield AI, Red River and Perficient marked some of the biggest executive moves of May 2025.
Taking those top spots, respectively, were Vats Srivatsan, formerly with SentinelOne; Gary Steele, formerly with Cisco; Anthony Christie, formerly with Trace3; and Yusuf Tayob, formerly of Accenture.
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May Tech Executive Moves
SailPoint, GuidePoint Security and Monday.com were among other tech giants to make significant executive moves during the month as companies invested in talent for overseeing sales, technology and partners. Those executives were:
- Melissa Schmulson, formerly of SecureAuth
- Sophie Jacobs, formerly of Audax Private Equity
- Case George, formerly of Qlik
Read on for more of the 30 notable IT executive moves in May 2025.
Vats Srivatsan
Srivatsan became interim CEO of WatchGuard in May.
Srivatsan is an operating partner at the Seattle-based security vendor’s majority owner, Vector Capital. He previously served as COO of SentinelOne for about three years, leaving in February, according to his LinkedIn account.
His resume includes about two years as Palo Alto Networks’ chief strategy officer. He left the vendor in 2021.
Around 100 percent of WatchGuard’s revenue is from channel and alliance partners, accordingto CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Gary Steele
Steele took over Shield AI as CEO in May.
Steele joined the San Diego-based defense technology vendor after about three years with Cisco and Splunk, according to his LinkedIn account. Cisco bought Splunk in 2024. Steele left Cisco as president of go-to-market.
His resume includes about 20 years as CEO of Proofpoint.
Yusuf Tayob
Tayob became CEO of Perficient in May.
Tayob joined the St. Louis-based company—No. 61 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500—after more than 24 years with Accenture, according to his LinkedIn account. He left Accenture with the title of global communications, media and technology industry practices chair.
His time with Accenture has included group CEO of Accenture Operations, global head of the Accenture Salesforce Business Group and membership in Accenture’s Global Management Committee.
Anthony Christie
Christie was named CEO of Red River in May.
Christie was serving as executive chairman of the Chantilly, Va.-based company––a member of CRN’s 2025 MSP 500—and now steps into the CEO role full time. He previously served as interim CEO after former CEO Alan Dumas left the company in 2022 until Red River hired Brian Roach later that year. Roach left the role in 2024.
Christie has been a Red River board member since 2021, according to his LinkedIn account. His resume includes more than five years as managing director of Magnify Consulting and about a year as chief operations officer at Trace3. He left Trace3 in 2019.
Juan Fernandez
Fernandez departed SuperOps in May to start the MSP Owners Group acquisition group.
Fernandez served as channel chief of the Claremont, Del.-based remote monitoring and management vendor for about two years, accordingto his LinkedIn account.
His resume includes about a year with HacWare as global channel chief.
Melissa Schmulson
SailPoint brought on Schmulson in May as its vice president of channels and alliances.
Schmulson joined the Austin, Texas-based identity products vendor after about six years with Netwrix and Stealthbits, according to her LinkedIn account. Netwrix bought Stealthbits in 2021.
Her resume includes about a year with SecureAuth as a senior channel account manager.
SailPoint has about 300 channel partners worldwide, according to CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Case George
George became CRO of Monday.com in May.
The Israel-based workflow platform vendor hired George after he worked at Qlik and Talend for about three years, according to his LinkedIn account. Qlik bought Talend in 2023. He left Qlik with the title of executive vice president of global sales.
His resume includes about 23 years with IBM, leaving in 2019 with the title of general manager for IBM Security North America.
Monday.com has more than 5,000 partners worldwide, according to the vendor.
Sophie Jacobs
Jacobs joined GuidePoint Security in May, taking on the role of vice president of corporate development and analytics.
Jacobs came to the Reston, Va.-based company––No. 37 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500––after about five years with Audax Private Equity, an investor in GuidePoint. She left Audax with the title of vice president, according to her LinkedIn account.
Her resume includes about three years with Harris Williams. She left the firm in 2020 as an investment banking analyst.
Jeremiah Jenson
Jenson returned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise in May as its vice president of North America channel and partner ecosystem.
Jenson came to the Houston-based IT products vendor after about seven years with Amazon Web Services, according to his LinkedIn account. He left AWS with the title of global leader of channel resell partners.
His previous tenure with HPE and its predecessor Hewlett-Packard ended in 2017 after more than 15 years. He left with the title of vice president of Americas channel sales.
HPE’s 2025 channel goals include increasing the amount of net-new accounts coming through partners, according to CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Michael Park
ServiceNow promoted Park to the role of channel chief and senior vice president of its global partner ecosystem and channels.
Park has been with the Santa Clara, Calif.-based workflow automation vendor for about five years, according to his LinkedIn account. He previously served as ServiceNow’s CMO and global head of AI go-to-market.
His resume includes about eight years with Microsoft. He left the tech giant in 2013 with the title of corporate vice president of the server and tools division.
ServiceNow has about 2,200 channel partners worldwide, according to CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Stephen Orban
Orban joinedDatabricks in May, taking on the role of senior vice president of product ecosystem and partnerships.
Orban came to the San Francisco-based data product vendor after about three years with Google Cloud, according to his LinkedIn account. He left Google with the title of vice president of migrations, independent software vendors and marketplace.
His resume includes about eight years with Amazon Web Services. He left AWS in 2022 with the title of vice president and general manager of Marketplace, control services and ISVs.
Databricks has about 5,000 channel partners worldwide, according to the vendor.
Peter Bailey
Cisco hired Bailey in May, tasking him with the role of senior vice president and general manager of security.
Bailey came to the San Jose, Calif.-based networking giant after about five years with Google and Mandiant, according to his LinkedIn account. He left Google Cloud Security with the title of vice president and general manager of security operations. Google bought Mandiant in 2022.
Prior to joining Mandiant in 2019, Bailey had spent more than eight years as CEO of Vertical Communications, a business communications platform provider. Bailey spent 15 years in total at the company, working his way up to CEO from initially joining as senior vice president in 2004.
Cisco’s 2025 channel goals include improving partner profitability, according to CRN’s Channel Chiefs.
Steve McMahon
McMahon joined Dynatrace in May, taking on the role of chief customer officer.
McMahon came to the Waltham, Mass.-based cloud observability vendor after about a year with Zscaler, according to his LinkedIn account. He left Zscaler with the title of chief customer success officer.
His resume includes about three years with CrowdStrike. He left the vendor in 2024 with the title of CIO for customer success and operations.
Dynatrace has about 750 channel partners worldwide, according to CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
DV Lamba
Lamba joined OneTrust in May as CTO.
Lamba came to the Atlanta-based data and AI cloud platform provider after about four years as Alteryx’s CTO, according to his LinkedIn account.
He came to OneTrust through the 2021 acquisition of Lore IO. Lamba co-founded Lore in 2017 and led the startup as CEO.
OneTrust has about 1,900 channel partners worldwide, according to CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Kevin Rubin
Zscaler brought on Rubin in May as its new CFO.
The San Jose, Calif.-based security vendor hired Rubin after he spent about a year as BetterUp’s CFO, according to Rubin’s LinkedIn account.
His resume includes about eight years with Alteryx, including time as interim CEO. He left the company in 2024.
Zscaler has about 3,000 channel partners worldwide, according to CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Chance Weaver
Pax8 hired Weaver as its vice president of AI adoption in the Americas in May.
Before joining the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based IT distributor, Weaver spent more than 20 years with New Charter Technologies and IT Responsive. Weaver served as president of IT Responsive from 2001 until it joined New Charter in 2021, according to his LinkedIn account.
Weaver left New Charter with the title of vice president of the global Microsoft practice.
Pax8 has about 38,000 channel partners worldwide, according to CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Egon Rinderer
Rinderer joined NinjaOne in May as senior vice president of federal and enterprise growth.
Rinderer came to the Austin, Texas-based automated endpoint management platform provider after about three years as CTO of Shift5, according to his LinkedIn account.
His resume includes about seven years with Tanium. He left the company in 2021 as global vice president of technology and president of Tanium’s federal business.
NinjaOne’s 2025 channel goals include increasing the amount of professional services going through partners, the amount of recurring revenue going through partners and the amount of net-new accounts coming through partners, according to CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Sanjay Shahani
In May, F5 brought on Shahan as its new senior vice president of customer experience.
The Seattle-based application delivery and security vendor hired Shahani after he worked at Okta for about four years, according to his LinkedIn account. He left Okta with the title of senior vice presidebnt and head of enterprise engineering and architecture.
His resume includes about five years with Salesforce. He left the company in 2020 with the title of vice president and head of enterprise architecture and business technology.
F5’s 2025 channel goals include launching new certifications and increasing partners' customer satisfaction ratings, according to CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs.
Kevin Salinas
In May, Salinas became vice president of financial planning analysis at GTT.
Salinas joined the Arlington, Va.-based company—No. 56 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500—after more than 20 years with Lumen Technologies and its predecessors. He left Lumen with the title of vice president of financial planning and analysis, according to his LinkedIn account.
His resume includes roles as Lumen’s senior director of wholesale, small and midsize business division CFO and director of North American finance for Level 3 Communications, acquired in 2017 by Lumen back when it was CenturyLink.
Deb McCann
McCann became vice president of finance and business intelligence at Uprise Partners in May.
McCann joined the Portland, Maine-based company—a member of CRN’s 2025 MSP 500—after more than 26 years with Blue Mantis, according to her LinkedIn account. She left Blue Mantis with the title of business intelligence director.
Before serving as Blue Mantis’ business intelligence director, she served as the company’s controller.
Chris Bennett
In May, Unisys brought on Bennett as its new vice president and global leader for its artificial intelligence and machine learning practice.
Bennett came to the Blue Bell, Pa.-based company—No. 41 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500—after more than 15 years on and off with Dell Technologies and related companies, according to his LinkedIn account. He left Dell with the title of CTO for global AI and data solutions.
His resume includes time as a partner CTO in the Global Alliances business at Dell and cloud platform CTO at Virtustream, which Dell acquired with the 2016 purchase of EMC.
Rao Kunche
Marlabs brought on Kunche in May as its new senior vice president of life sciences and health care.
Kunche joined the New York-based company—No. 180 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500—after about two years with Syneos Health. He left Syneos with the title of sales leader for technology services and life sciences, according to his LinkedIn account.
His resume includes about six years with Tata Consultancy Services, leaving in 2023 as regional director of life sciences and medical devices.
Giles Goodburn
Conduent promoted Goodburn in May to the role of executive vice president and CFO.
Goodburn has worked for the Florham Park, N.J.-based company—No. 29 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500—for about five years, according to his LinkedIn account. He previously held the role of global head for corporate financial planning and analysis and investor relations.
His resume includes about eight years with Travelers, leaving the firm in 2020 with the title of vice president of finance and operations.
Todd Pekats
In May, Pekats returned to Compucom, taking on the role of vice president and general manager of software and subscription solutions.
Pekats joined the Fort Mill, S.C.-company—a member of CRN’s 2025 MSP 500—after about three years with Myriad360, according to his LinkedIn account. He left Myriad360 with the title of executive vice president and chief strategy officer.
His previous tenure at Compucom lasted more than 10 years. He left the solution provider in 2017 with the title of North America Microsoft solutions director.
Kim Kleps
In May, Xerox promoted Kleps to the role of chief people officer.
Kleps has spent about 11 years with the Norwalk, Conn.-based company—a member of CRN’s 2025 MSP 500_including time as vice president and global head of talent management, culture and diversity.
Her resume includes about 14 years with Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing. Level 3 bought Global Crossing in 2011. Level 3 itself was bought by CenturyLink—now named Lumen—in 2017. She left Level 3 in 2013 as vice president of human resources, sales strategy and effectiveness.
Kiran Cherukuri
Cherukuri returned to HCLTech in May as its executive vice president and leader of its Global Capability Center practice.
Cherukuri came back to the India-based company—No. 16 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500—after about 10 years of leading TechEra IT Consulting as CEO and managing director, according to his LinkedIn account.
His resume includes about 13 years on and off with HCL. He most recently left the company in 2012 with the title of associate vice president and global head of marketing and strategic alliances for enterprise transformation services.
Brian Dillow
BlueAlly brought on Dillow as its new CFO in May.
Dillow joined the Atlanta-based company––No. 78 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500––after about two years with Iron Bow Technologies. He left Iron Bow with the title of vice president of finance, according to his LinkedIn account.
His resume includes about 10 years with Presidio. During his time with Presidio, he served roles in mergers and acquisitions, corporate development, investor relations and financial planning and analysis.
Josh Garverick
Xebia promoted Garverick to chief technical architect of its U.S. Microsoft services.
Garverick has been with the Atlanta-based MSP for about two years, according to his LinkedIn account. He previously served as a Xebia cloud solution architect.
His resume includes about five years with Cognizant and 10th Magnitude. Cognizant bought 10th Magnitude in 2020. He left Cognizant in 2023 with the title of cloud solutions architect.
TJ Carnegie
Carnegie became CRO at SDG Corp. in May.
Carnegie came to the Norwalk, Conn.-based MSP after a year with Cyderes. He left Cyderes with the title of vice president of sales for North America, according to his LinkedIn account.
His resume includes about eight years with Optiv. He left the company in 2024 with the title of area vice president.
Aaron Brooks
Brooks joined Insight in May as vice president of sales for Canada.
Brooks came to the Chandler, Ariz.-based company––No. 20 on CRN’s 2025 Solution Provider 500––after more than 20 years with Softchoice, according to his LinkedIn account. He left Softchoice with the title of vice president of customer strategy and solution sales.
His tenure with Softchoice included time as senior director of strategy and go-to-market enablement and innovation office manager.
