The first half of 2026 has ended with a flurry of leadership moves among organizations, both large and small, as they seek to propel their businesses forward in the second half of the year.
The leadership shifts include those tied to operations and revenue, as well as at the top of the organization chart with new chief executive officers.
Read below about the leadership changes for the month of June, and catch up here on the moves made in May to stay up-to-date.
HP taps Neil MacDonald as VP and GM of North America Commercial Channel, Marla Denning named VP and GM of the North America Consumer Channel
HP Inc. made two new leadership appointments in June across its commercial and consumer channels.
Neil MacDonald has been named Vice President and General Manager of North American Commercial Channel, following the retirement of Scott Lannum.
Marla Denning has also been appointed Vice President and General Manager of the North American Consumer Channel, after Tami Beach decided to retire.
“Scott and Tami have each made extraordinary contributions to HP’s success and to the strength of our partner ecosystem,” said George Brasher, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, HP North America Market. “Scott’s leadership and strategic vision have left a lasting mark on our commercial channel, while Tami’s dedication and impact have been instrumental in advancing our consumer business. We are deeply grateful for their many years of service and wish them all the best in their next chapter.”
MacDonald brings over 15 years of HP experience leading commercial businesses and go-to-market strategy across regions, including overseeing the U.K. & Ireland Commercial Channel.
Denning steps into the role with over 20 years of experience across commercial and consumer businesses, recently leading HP’s Global Category Alliance team.
C-suite appointments across security, AI, and more
IGEL appoints James Millington as Field CTO for Healthcare, EMEA
IGEL is appointing James Millington as Field CTO for Healthcare, EMEA.
Millington will be charged with working closely with healthcare customers, field teams, and partners across the region to drive adoption of IGEL’s immutable endpoint platform in clinical and care delivery environments.
“Healthcare organizations across EMEA are increasingly seeking modern, resilient, and secure endpoint strategies that enable better patient care while reducing operational risk,” said Matthias Haas, Managing Director & CTO, IGEL. “James brings the healthcare expertise, strategic insight, and customer focus needed to help organizations navigate this transformation. His appointment reinforces IGEL’s commitment to the healthcare sector and our mission to deliver a more secure and resilient digital healthcare experience through our Adaptive Secure Endpoint Platform, preventative security approach, and business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities. We are excited to have James leading this effort as we deepen our investment in healthcare and help organizations across EMEA build secure, resilient, and future-ready digital workspaces.”
Prior to IGEL, Millington held leadership roles at Armis, VMware, Imprivata, and Citrix.
Veeam names Mika Yamamoto as CMO and Customer AI Officer
Veeam Software has named Mika Yamamoto as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Customer AI Officer.
She’ll be tasked with leading Veeam’s global marketing organization while owning Veeam’s customer-AI framework.
“Mike brings that rare combination of experience across enterprise marketing, sales, support, customer experience, and go-to-market transformation for an AI world,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO of Veeam. “She has experienced this industry from every angle – analyst, operator, executive leader – and has consistently put the customer and partner at the center of how companies operate. She knows how to drive growth through building a brand, creating demand, and connecting the entire story from first impression to value delivered. Mika will play a critical role in shaping how we show up in the market and the experiences we deliver to every customer.”
Yamamoto joined Veeam from Freshworks, where she served as Chief Integrated Customer Growth. She’s also held prior leadership roles at F5, Marketo, SAP, and Microsoft.
Axonius appoints Moshe Ben Simon as Chief Product Officer
Axonius, an asset intelligence platform for unified security operations and exposure management, has named Moshe Ben Simon as chief product officer (CPO).
As CPO, Ben Simon will be in charge of the product strategy and roadmap, leading Axonius’ efforts to advance the Axonius Asset Cloud across the asset intelligence and continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) categories.
Ben Simon has over 20 years of cybersecurity product and leadership experience, most recently serving as vice president of product management at Fortinet,
“Moshe has done something rare in the cybersecurity industry. He’s built a company from nothing with TrapX Security and he’s also operated inside one of the most complex product machines at Fortinet. That combination of founder mindset and enterprise discipline is exceptionally hard to find,” said Joe Diamond, CEO of Axonius. “Moshe understands what security and IT teams are actually trying to accomplish with asset intelligence and CTEM, and he shares our conviction that the Axonius Asset Cloud should be the foundation of every cyber program and IT stack in the world. Moshe is the right person to lead that vision and drive the execution to get us there.”
NetBrain appoints three new executives
NetBrain Technologies, an agentic NetOps organization, has made three new executive appointments in June, adding Luvlynn Lee as Chief Customer Officer (CCO), Sean Dolan as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), and Scott Fitzgerald as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
Lee brings over two decades of experience in customer success, sales, and go-to-market functions, most recently serving as CRO at Split Software. She most recently served in senior commercial leadership roles at Teradata and at ThousandEyes, a cloud intelligence platform acquired by Cisco.
Dolan comes to NetBrain having most recently served as CRO at EnterpriseDB. He has held senior positions at Qlik, Juniper Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, and Nokia Worldwide Services, attaining knowledge in the networking infrastructure market and the enterprise software go-to-market motion.
Additionally, Fitzgerald has over 20 years of enterprise technology marketing leadership, most recently leading marketing at Intapp, a governed AI platform for highly regulated industries. Prior to that, he held CMO and SVP roles at Duck Creek Technologies, BlueSnap, ACI Worldwide, and CA Technologies.
“Our customers are navigating a pivotal moment. They know AI will transform their network operations and they are looking to NetBrain to show them the path. Bringing Luvlynn, Sean, and Scott into the leadership team is a direct investment in that promise and will make us a stronger company,” said Bernadette Nixon, CEO, NetBrain Technologies. “Luvlynn will ensure every customer has a clear and supported journey to Agentic NetOps, Sean will extend that journey to the enterprises who have not yet discovered what autonomous network operations can do for them, and Scott will make sure the market understands what is now possible.”
Caylent appoints Eduardo Fayh as President and COO
Caylent recently named Eduardo Fayh as President and COO, with a focus on operationalizing its AI-first services model and scaling its foundation to support continued growth.
Fayh will focus on operationalizing Caylent’s AI-first services model and expanding relationships with partners such as AWS and Anthropic.
“Caylent Accelerate is our commitment to customers that they will move from ideas to impact faster than they can anywhere else, and delivering on that commitment at our scale requires an elite operational foundation to match the ambition,” said Caylent CEO Valerie Henderson.
“Eduardo has spent 25 years building exactly that kind of foundation at some of the most operationally demanding consulting organizations in the world. He understands what it takes to scale delivery without sacrificing quality, to operationalize an AI-first model with real discipline, and to build the team structures that let great engineers do their best work. Bringing Eduardo on as President and COO is how we make sure that as we grow, we keep getting better for every customer we serve.”
Fayh brings over 25 years of experience in technology, consulting, and operational leadership, 13 of which were spent helping build Thoughtworks in senior roles. He most recently served as VP of Delivery at Globant, leading strategic client partnerships and driving growth.
Five9 names Niranjan Vijayaragavan as CTO, Rob Hornish as Chief Sales Officer, and Sven Linsmaier as EVP, Transformation and Strategy
Five9, Inc., a provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, has announced that Niranjan Vijayaragavan will take over as CTO, Rob Hornish will step in as Chief Sales Officer, and Sven Linsmaier will be Executive Vice President, Transformation and Strategy.
Vijayaragavan brings over two decades of experience to the role, most recently serving as Chief Product and Technology Officer at Nintex. In this role, he will be charged with leading Product Engineering, Product Management, AI Automation, and Architecture.
Hornish has more than 30 years of experience as a sales executive, building teams and driving go-to-market transformation. Most recently, he served as Chief Sales Officer at Redaptive, leading go-to-market transformation in the energy-as-a-service market.
Linsmaier, meanwhile, will lead enterprise strategy, oversee Corporate Development, and drive high-priority initiatives. He most recently served as VP of Business Finance and Operations at Workday and, before that, as Chief Operating Officer at Convex.
“Niranjan, Rob, and Sven bring the kind of proven leadership and operational discipline that are critical as Five9 enters this next chapter,” said Amit Mathradas, CEO of Five9. “Niranjan’s deep expertise across product, technology, and AI, Rob’s track record leading high-performing sales organizations, and Sven’s proven ability to drive strategic transformation and scale operations will help us build on our momentum, deepen customers and partner impact, and execute with clarity across the business.”
Sinch appoints Jonas Dahlberg acting CEO, Sophie Cheng as CMO
Sinch AB’s Board of Directors has named Jonas Dahlberg as acting CEO, succeeding Laurinda Pang, who stepped down as CEO in a recent announcement. The organization also named Sophie Cheng as its new CMO.
Dahlberg first joined Sinch as CFO on April 1, 2025. Before that, he served as CEO of Transcom, a global customer experience outsourcer. He also served as CFO of Transcom before that.
“Over the past several years, Sinch has transformed into a more profitable business, with an integrated customer offering, poised for growth,” said Erik Fröberg, Chairman of the Board. “The Board believes this leadership transition will build on and accelerate that momentum and we are fully aligned with both Laurinda and Jonas on the path forward.”
Cheng will succeed Jonathan Bean, who recently transitioned to EVP, EMEA & Global Partnerships.
Prior to joining Sinch in 2024, Cheng held senior leadership roles at Zoominfo and Chorus.ai.
“Sophie brings a rare combination of strategic vision, operational excellence, and deep understanding of both product and customer needs,” said Pang. “She has already made a significant impact at Sinch through her leadership of our global product go-to-market organization. She is a modern marketing leader with a clear vision for how to elevate our market presence, strengthen customer relevance, and position Sinch for continued growth.”
OPAQUE appoints Imran Siddique as Chief Platform Officer
Confidential AI organization, OPAQUE, has tapped Imran Siddique as the company’s Chief Platform Officer.
Siddique, the creator of Microsoft’s Agent Governance Toolkit (AGT), will lead OPAQUE’s engineering organization and platform strategy.
Siddique spent 18 years at Microsoft, leading engineering across Azure Core, Azure for Industries in sovereign deployments, Azure DevOps, and SQL Azure before founding AGT. Further, he founded and open-sourced Agent OS, Agent Mesh, and Agent SRE, spanning runtime governance, zero-trust networking, audit, and resilient multi-agent orchestration.
“The prize here is enormous – AI agents working directly on a company’s most sensitive data and systems, where the real competitive advantage lives,” said Aaron Fulkerson, CEO of OPAQUE. “But most teams are connecting agents to that on ‘probably’ – guardrails that probably catch the bad behavior, that probably stop the leak. You don’t run a regulated business on ‘probably.’ It takes three layers: guardrails on the content, policy on what an agent is allowed to do, and hardware that enforces both and proves it held. Imran built the policy layer that the industry relies on. Together, we’re turning ‘probably’ into proof.”
WSO2 appoints Tanmaya Das as CFO
WSO2, an open platform to secure, observe, and govern AI agents and GenAI applications, has announced that it is naming Tanmaya Das as CFO.
The leadership move comes as the organization expands its platform strategy for the agentic enterprise to help companies securely integrate AI capabilities into complex environments while maintaining governance, data sovereignty, and control over digital infrastructure.
“Tanmaya joins WSO2 at an exciting time in our journey. His experience in leading organizations through growth and transformation will support our long-term growth,” said Devaka Randeniya, Chief Revenue Officer and Acting CEO of WSO2. “Over the past two decades, we have built a strong technology foundation, a global customer base, and a culture of innovation that continues to differentiate us in the market. As we look ahead, we are focused on scaling the business while continuing to invest in the technologies that help our customers succeed.”
Das joins the organization after a decade as CFO of RainGate.
Courser appoints Chad Polich as CFO and William Norton as EVP of Marketing
Managed IT services platform Courser is making two key additions to its leadership team: Chad Polich as CFO and William Norton as Executive Vice President of Marketing.
According to Courser, appointing Polich and Norton will strengthen operational rigor and messaging capabilities to scale the organization’s model and equip local MSPs to help SMBs turn modern IT into a competitive advantage.
Polich, tasked with leading Courser’s finance organization, will focus on expanding the company’s financial planning and analysis capabilities while growing its data and analytics team. He brings with him over two decades of financial leadership experience, most recently serving as CFO at Bluum.
Meanwhile, Norton will lead Courser’s marketing organization development and define how it communicates the business value of AI, modern IT, and emerging technologies for SMBs. He has over a decade of go-to-market leadership across cloud, SaaS, and managed services.
“Small- and mid-sized businesses know that AI will change how they operate, and most are eager to understand what that means for them specifically,” said Reed Wilson, CEO of Courser. “Our job is to help them cut through the noise, get focused on their core business, and bring in the right partner for the part of the equation that keeps evolving. Chad and William give us the leadership to tell that story with clarity and to build the operational engine behind it.”
Fable Security names Jacob Berry as CISO
Fable Security, a secure behavior management (SBM) platform, has appointed Jacob Berry as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
Berry will be tasked with supporting customers as they address security challenges and opportunities related to risky employee behavior and habits, while also building a secure and effective platform.
“Jacob brings strong experience helping organizations solve complex security challenges and shares our belief that secure behavior management is one of the most critical issues for security teams to address today,” said Nicole Jiang, CEO of Fable Security. “He champions both the technical and behavioral sides of security, and will play an important role in helping our customers reduce risk and strengthen their security programs.”
Securonix names Toby Weiss as CEO
Securonix has tapped Toby Weiss as the organization’s newest CEO, leading the organization through its next phase of growth and innovation.
Securonix, under Weiss, will continue to advance its vision for the future of security operations while maintaining focus on customer outcomes.
Weiss has over three decades of experience leading enterprise software and cybersecurity businesses. He was most recently the CEO of Fiery, a provider of AI-powered cloud workflow and high-speed digital front-end solutions for the industrial imaging and print industry.
Prior to that, he served as President and CEO of Application Security, Inc., a database security organization.
“Toby brings a powerful combination of cybersecurity expertise, enterprise software leadership, and operational excellence,” said Nadeem Syed, Executive Chairman of the Securonix Board and Senior Managing Director at Vista Equity Partners. “Security operations are at an inflection point as organizations move from alert-driven tools toward AI-powered execution. Toby has spent his career scaling businesses through pivotal technology transitions, and we are confident in his ability to lead Securonix forward.”
Spektrum Labs names Mark Cravotta as COO
Spektrum Labs, a provider of AI-first cyber resilience, has named Mark Cravotta as COO to help propel the organization’s launch.
Cravotta comes over to Spektrum after serving as CRO at CoreView. Prior to that, he was CRO at Keeper Security – leading global revenue, MSP, and partner channels. Both are companies within the Insight Partners’ portfolio.
At Spektrum, Cravotta’s new COO position will place him in charge of operational execution and global go-to-market strategy, ensuring the company’s Fusion platform remains a single source of proof for cyber resilience across enterprises, private equity firms, and insurance partners.
“Mark’s expertise in scaling high-growth, PE-backed companies through channel-first go-to-market is exactly what Spektrum needs right now. We invented the provable cyber resilience category and launched a platform that unifies the siloed pillars of cybersecurity, continuity, and insurance into one ecosystem built for the agentic era,” said J.J. Thompson, CEO and founder, Spektrum Labs. “We didn’t go to market – the market pulled us out of stealth: private equity firms protecting their portfolios, cybersecurity vendors, brokers, and insurers. Mark will lead our ability to scale into that demand through national channel partners while building the internal engine to support it.”
Channel leadership appointments
ConnectWise announces Johannes Kamleitner joins GTDC EMEA Vendor Advisory Council
ConnectWise has announced that Johannes Kamleitner, Senior Vice President, GTM EMEA, has joined the Global Technology Distribution Council’s (GTDC) EMEA Vendor Advisory Council.
GTDC is a global consortium of technology distributors whose members drive an estimated $190 billion in annual worldwide sales. GTDC’s Vendor Advisory Council convenes senior technology executives and channel leaders to provide strategic guidance on distribution, partner ecosystems, and the technology marketplace across EMEA and beyond.
With Kamleitner joining the council, ConnectWise will be better positioned in regional distribution dialogue.
“Vendor Advisory Council members provide invaluable insight and help shape the future direction of the association,” said Frank Vitagliano, CEO of the GTDC. “Johannes brings a valuable global perspective, deep EMEA go-to-market expertise and a strong understanding of partner-led growth to the council. His experience, combined with ConnectWise’s longstanding commitment to enabling MSPs and IT solution providers, will help strengthen our conversations around the evolving role of distribution across the global technology ecosystem.”
Kamleitner recently joined ConnectWise in February 2026.
Geordie names Courtney Broadwell as VP of Channel
Geordie AI, a security and governance platform for AI agents, has appointed Courtney Broadwell as Vice President of Channel, leading the company’s global channel strategy and partner ecosystem.
Broadwell is a former Cyera and Snyk channel leader and brings over 15 years of total channel and partner ecosystem experience to the role.
“Trust is the foundation of security, and the channel is how trust scales. From day one, we’ve been committed to partnering closely with the channel to help our customers discover, govern, and secure AI agents,” said Henry Comfort, CEO and co-founder of Geordie. “Courtney has spent her career building those ecosystems, and her leadership will help us deepen our relationships with partners, support our customers’ success, and accelerate the adoption of AI.”
Further, Broadwell will focus on building a partner ecosystem that helps enterprises securely operationalize AI agents through integrated solutions while creating new opportunities for partners to develop services and expertise.
Mitel names Ben Macdonald as VP, Global Channel Go-to-Market
Ben Macdonald has been named the new Vice President, Global Channel Go-to-Market at Mitel, to support the company’s commitment to growing with its partners and to continuing channel ecosystem investment.
Macdonald brings experience in building and scaling partner-led go-to-market models across the Unified Communications, Security, Networking, and SaaS markets. He most recently served as Vice President of Global Sales and Channels at Owl Labs. Additionally, he has held senior channel leadership roles at Poly, Juniper Networks, and Ekahau.
Macdonald will lead Mitel’s global channel strategy, the associated global partner program, and the operational environment.
“Ben’s track record of building partner-led growth engines is exactly what we need as we enter this next phase,” said Eric Hanson, CMO, Mitel. “Our partners are trusted advisors to organizations that cannot afford disruption in critical industries like healthcare, finance, public sector, and beyond. Strengthening our global channel leadership means we can better support those partners in delivering the outcomes their customers depend on.”