The assignment comes in the wake of global demand for the automated cybersecurity platform
SentinelOne, provider of an automated cybersecurity platform, announced the appointment of Ric Smith a Chief Technology Officer. With more than 15 years of experience leading product development in pre- and post-listing companies, Smith will be focused on accelerating R&D efforts, supporting the platform's extraordinary growth Singularity XDR SentinelOne in the areas of endpoint, cloud cloud and IoT device security.
Smith has a strong track record in promoting product innovation and ensuring leadership in ever-expanding projects. The CTO joins SentinelOne from Medallia, the market-leading platform for Customer Experience (CX), where he led the design direction before and after the company's stock exchange, also holding multiple engineering responsibilities at Oracle.
"Given the evolution of the threat landscape, the demand for a flexible technology powered by Artificial Intelligence capabilities is destined to increase", he stressed Tomer Weingarten, Founding Partner and CEO of SentinelOne. "We aim to become the largest cybersecurity company, guaranteeing the protection of the data of the most important companies in the world, thanks to the adoption of an AI-based approach. Smith's deep experience in leading the engineering teams will be an essential asset in our growth process. "
Following the funding of Serie F, which have valued the company for over 3 billion dollars, and to the acquisition of Scalyr revolutionizing the XDR platform and security analytics, SentinelOne is one of the most promising cybersecurity companies. With 120% year-over-year revenue growth according to the Fortune 500 list and according to 4 of 10 Fortune customers, SentinelOne has built a highly competitive product, achieving steadily growing business results that anticipate future financial successes.
"On the journey to become the new market leader in AI-powered cybersecurity, SentinelOne is at a tipping point," he said Eric Smith. "The Singularity Xdr platform favors a security-focused approach using proactive operational analysis and I am thrilled to be able to contribute to the growth of the company's research and development, creating the cybersecurity SaaS platform of the future".
