Skyhigh Security Expands Executive Team to Accelerate Growth and Innovation

Business Wire 4-Nov-2024 12:00 PM

New President and CFO join to drive transformation and propel success

Skyhigh Security, a worldwide leader in data-focused cloud, on-premises and hybrid security solutions, today announced the appointments of Sanjay Castelino as President and James Denena as Chief Financial Officer. The addition of these two industry veterans to Skyhigh Security's Executive Leadership Team further powers its momentum toward becoming the world's most trusted data security company and positions the organization for long-term growth.

These strategic appointments underscore Skyhigh Security's commitment to rapid growth, product innovation, and a unified vision for protecting data and data access at every level of the modern enterprise. The appointments of Castelino and Denena enable the organization to lay the foundation for sustainable and long-term scale and build resilience to deliver on our commitments to customers across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments. Their wealth of expertise in data security, cloud solutions, and operational excellence with a customer-centric approach will drive Skyhigh Security's mission forward as it continues to expand across key markets in regulated industries spanning both public and private sectors.

Sanjay Castelino brings more than 30 years of experience in technology, growing businesses from early stage startups to public companies. Before joining Skyhigh Security, Castelino was the Chief Product and Customer Officer at Snow Software, VP of Marketing and Revenue Operations at Spiceworks and VP of Product Marketing and Management at SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI). At Skyhigh Security, Castelino will focus on maximizing customer value by overseeing the entire product and customer lifecycle, ensuring delivery of impactful solutions.

James Denena joins Skyhigh Security with nearly 25 years of experience driving efficient growth and scale at both public and private companies. Most recently, Denena served as Chief Financial Officer at Snow Software where he led the financial organization as well as various cross-functional operational and strategic initiatives. Before Snow Software, Denena held various senior level financial and business development roles at PROS (NYSE:PRO) and Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT). Denena will be responsible for all financial aspects of Skyhigh Security with an immediate focus on driving business and financial transformation.

"Skyhigh Security is entering an exciting new phase of transformation and, as we continue to position ourselves for long-term growth, it's vital that we have the right leadership in place," said Vishal Rao, CEO of Skyhigh Security. "We are well positioned to drive our ambitious roadmap forward, providing unmatched data security and Secure Service Edge (SSE) solutions tailored to today's rapidly evolving threat landscape. With Sanjay and James joining our team, we're intensifying our commitment to deliver industry-leading data security innovations that protect sensitive data across public and private sectors, building a future of resilience and elevating our strategy to become the most trusted name in data security."

This announcement comes on the heels of recent additions to the leadership team including a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and EVP of Product. More information on Skyhigh Security's full Executive Leadership Team is available here: https://www.skyhighsecurity.com/about/leadership.html

About Skyhigh Security:

Skyhigh Security is focused on helping customers secure the world's data. It protects organizations with cloud-native security solutions that are both data-aware and simple to use. Its market-leading Security Service Edge (SSE) Portfolio goes beyond data access and focuses on data use, allowing organizations to collaborate from any device and from anywhere without sacrificing security. For more information, visit https://www.skyhighsecurity.com/.

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