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Changes in the Channel: People Moves and Shakeups March 23 – March 27

The channel is all about people - and we're tracking who they are, what they're doing, and where they're making an impact. Instead of sprinkling these people-focused announcements across various roundups, we're pulling them all together into one weekly story.

And here are the people moves we've tracked during the week of March 23 - March 27.


7AI appoints Israel Barak as chief information security officer: 7AI has named Israel Barak as CISO to lead its security organization as enterprises adopt AI-driven security operations. Barak brings more than two decades of cybersecurity leadership experience and previously served as CISO at Cybereason, with expertise spanning security operations, threat intelligence and incident response, and will focus on helping customers operationalize AI-driven investigations within SOC environments.

JumpCloud appoints Shianne Sampson as chief revenue officer: JumpCloud has named Shianne Sampson as chief revenue officer to lead its global revenue strategy and scale growth across enterprise and international markets. Sampson brings more than 20 years of experience building and leading SaaS revenue organizations and most recently served as CRO at Eventbrite, with prior leadership roles at New Relic, Zenefits and Yelp focused on scaling sales teams and driving customer growth.

Axiad appoints Jay Carpenter as chief revenue officer: Axiad has named Jay Carpenter as chief revenue officer to lead its go-to-market strategy and scale enterprise growth as demand for identity security accelerates. Carpenter brings more than 15 years of enterprise sales experience across cybersecurity and SaaS and previously held leadership roles at Prove Identity, Twilio, Oracle and Gartner, with a focus on building high-performing revenue teams and driving growth across enterprise and regulated markets.

Insight Assurance appoints Ben Wright as chief revenue officer: Insight Assurance has named Ben Wright as chief revenue officer to lead its global go-to-market strategy and scale revenue operations as the company expands its cybersecurity compliance services. Wright brings experience leading revenue and partnership functions across SaaS and technology companies, with prior leadership roles at Sendspark, Levanta, Help Scout and Brainstorm focused on building scalable growth and partner ecosystems.

Knox Systems appoints Hemant Baidwan as executive chief information security officer: Knox Systems has named Hemant Baidwan as executive CISO to lead its cybersecurity program and advance security across its AI-driven cloud platform for federal customers. Baidwan previously served as chief information security officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and brings extensive experience in federal cybersecurity strategy, FedRAMP and zero trust initiatives, with a focus on helping organizations accelerate secure cloud adoption and compliance.

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