Cybersecurity
10 VPs of Sales in Cybersecurity
These ten sales executives hold vice president of sales titles at cybersecurity companies. A reader can ask them how security sales teams are built and run, how territories and pipelines are managed, and how security products get sold to enterprise buyers.
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01—10Evan Simpson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Sales, Next Gen Trusted Security · Palo Alto Networks
Vice President of Sales, Next Gen Trusted Security at Palo Alto Networks since 2026, a role the profile says came with Palo Alto's acquisition of CyberArk. Former VP of Sales (2025–2026), Vice President Of Sales - New Logo (2024) and Senior Account Executive (2020–2024) at Venafi, a CyberArk Company, and Director of Sales at WinMagic Corp. (2018–2020).
Greg Aiken
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Sales · Securiti AI
Vice President of Sales at Securiti AI since 2025; the profile describes Securiti as a leader in AI-powered data security and privacy. Former Director, US Enterprise & Global Sales, Cloud Management at VMware (acquired by Broadcom) (2021–2025) and Director, Americas Enterprise Sales at CloudHealth (acquired by VMware) (2020–2021).
Jason Soffer
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Sales · Cyderes
Vice President of Sales at Cyderes since 2025, where the profile says he leads the sales organization and subject matter experts providing cybersecurity solutions that help clients improve their security posture and mitigate risk. Former Vice President of Sales, North America (2024–2025) and Enterprise Account Manager (2019–2024) at NCC Group.
Keith Dillon
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Sales - North America · Menlo Security Inc.
Vice President of Sales - North America at Menlo Security Inc. since 2024; the profile describes Menlo Security's Secure Enterprise Browser solution protecting organizations against web-based threats. Former SVP Sales - North American (2023–2024) and Area Vice President - Sales (2021–2023) at ExtraHop, and Account Manager - Enterprise at McAfee (2015–2020).
Michael DeFusco
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Sales, Core · Darktrace
Vice President of Sales, Core at Darktrace since 2026; the profile describes Darktrace as an AI cybersecurity platform that interrupts in-progress cyber attacks. Former Vice President of Sales, NA at CyberSentriq (2025–2026), Vice President of Sales, North America at TitanHQ (2024–2025) and Senior Director, Mid-Market Sales Customer Development at Mimecast (2022–2024).
Pat Murphy
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Sales, North America · Upwind Security
Vice President of Sales, North America at Upwind Security since 2025, which the profile describes as a cloud security company. Former Vice President of Global Sales at Astrix Security (2023–2025), Vice President of Sales, North America at Recorded Future (2020–2023) and Director of Sales, North Amrerica at Recorded Future (2020).
Patrick Essaye
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Sales, Canada · Darktrace
Vice President of Sales, Canada at Darktrace since 2025, where the profile says he was brought in to rebuild Darktrace's Canadian sales organization, owning pipeline, hiring and regional go-to-market strategy. Former Vice President of Sales, North America, Data Privacy & Protection (Voltage Security Acquired by HPE) at Micro Focus (formerly HP / Hewlett Packard Enterprise) (2020–2024).
Paul Hettesheimer
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Sales - Americas · SOCRadar® Extended Threat Intelligence
Vice President Sales - Americas at SOCRadar® Extended Threat Intelligence since 2025, a company the profile says delivers extended threat intelligence and real-time cyber threat protection. Former Vice President Enterprise Sales - US at Hexnode (2024–2025), Regional Sales Director Southeast at Infoblox (2019–2024) and Regional Sales Director at Fortinet (2018–2019).
Ronnen Brunner
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Global Sales · Uptycs
Vice President of Global Sales at Uptycs since 2024, where the profile describes building, leading and developing the go-to-market for Uptycs in CNAPP, XDR and On-Prem. Former Senior Vice President, International Sales at IRONSCALES (2022–2024) and Vice President of EMEA Sales at ExtraHop (2019–2022).
Sergei Leonov
LinkedInExperience: VP of Sales · Red Canary, a Zscaler company
Vice President of Sales at Prime Security since 2026, and former VP of Sales at Red Canary, a Zscaler company (2018–2025), where the profile describes building and scaling Red Canary's sales team. The profile also cites more than five years at Ping Identity as a top sales executive and lists Named Account Manager at Optiv (2014–2015).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person to your product category and motion, since selling cloud security, threat intelligence, data security or managed detection involves different buyers and sales cycles. Also consider whether you need someone who built a new region or team or someone who scaled an established one.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you structure a cybersecurity sales team across enterprise, mid-market and channel partners?
- 02What does a strong pipeline look like for a security product, and how do you forecast deals that depend on a security team's budget cycle?
- 03How do you win against larger platform vendors when a buyer is consolidating security tools?
About this directory
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