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Tenable Network Security hires seasoned tech execs to lead revenue, marketing

The Columbia-based cybersecurity company just named its first Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer. They each bring experience with Silicon Valley.

Tenable CEO Amit Yoran. (Courtesy photo)

Tenable Network Security is continuing a recent trend of bringing in new faces with lots of experience in the senior ranks.
The Columbia-based cybersecurity company named its first Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer in an announcement issued Wednesday.

  • John Negron will serve as CRO. He previously worked in senior VP-level sales roles at Cisco and Columbia-based Sourcefire, which Cisco acquired in 2013. Negron helped to create the cybersecurity unit at Cisco, and led a team of 800 people in sales and engineering.
  • Jennifer Johnson joins as CMO. She comes to Tenable after a stint as the first CMO at San Francisco-based Tanium. She was also a partner at leading Silicon Valley VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, and held marketing leadership positions at CoverityHP Software, Mercury Interactive, Symantec and Veritas Software.

The hires come a couple of months after Tenable former RSA President Amit Yoran took the helm as the company’s CEO.
“John’s proven track record of driving revenue for a broad range of global security organizations will be invaluable as Tenable continues to outpace both the competition and the market in terms of growth,” Yoran said in a statement. “And Jennifer’s years of experience as a brand builder and storyteller in the enterprise software space will be a game changer for how Tenable pushes our brand out into the market.”
The company has been repositioning for its “next phase” after a whopping $250 million Series B in 2015. A new platform, Tenable.io, was unveiled during the RSA conference in San Francisco last month. The company says it has more than 21,000 customers in 20 countries.

Companies: Tenable Holdings
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