# Top CMOs & Marketing Leaders in Cybersecurity A directory of CMOs, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Demand Gen, and Heads of Growth currently operating in cybersecurity. Useful for peer discovery, recruiting, speaker sourcing, and advisory board building. 24 curated entries. - [Jennifer Johnson](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/jennifer-johnson): Jennifer 'JJ' Johnson leads global marketing at CrowdStrike, overseeing brand, demand, product marketing and communications for the endpoint and cloud security leader. She joined CrowdStrike as CMO in late 2022. - [Kelly Waldher](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/kelly-waldher): Kelly Waldher is Chief Marketing Officer at Palo Alto Networks, leading global marketing as the company scales its platformization strategy across network, cloud, and security operations. - [Sally Jenkins](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/sally-jenkins): Sally Jenkins is Chief Marketing Officer at SentinelOne, leading global marketing for the AI-native endpoint and XDR platform. She joined the company in April 2023. - [Raaz Herzberg](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/raaz-herzberg): Raaz Herzberg is CMO and VP Product Strategy at Wiz, where she has helped scale the cloud security company from its earliest days into one of the fastest-growing enterprise SaaS businesses in history, leading into the 2026 Google acquisition. - [Sunil Frida](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/sunil-frida): Sunil Frida is Chief Marketing Officer at Zscaler, appointed in January 2026. He leads global marketing (product marketing, brand, demand generation, corporate communications and GTM execution) as the company scales its Zero Trust and AI security business. - [Shannon Duffy](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/shannon-duffy): Shannon Duffy is Chief Marketing Officer at Okta, responsible for demand gen, product marketing, brand direction and overall marketing strategy as Okta positions identity as the foundation for securing the AI-driven enterprise. - [Melton Littlepage](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/melton-littlepage): Melton Littlepage is Chief Marketing Officer at 1Password, appointed in August 2023, leading brand, demand and product marketing as the company expands from a password manager into an extended access management platform. - [Dan Larson](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/dan-larson): Dan Larson is Chief Marketing Officer at Arctic Wolf, overseeing corporate marketing, brand, communications, technical marketing, demand generation, enablement, product marketing and marketing technology for the security operations leader. - [Rachel Nislick](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/rachel-nislick): Rachel Nislick is Chief Marketing Officer at Orca Security, appointed in March 2026. She leads global marketing strategy (brand, demand generation, product marketing and communications) as Orca scales its AI-powered cloud security platform. - [Liz Kokoska](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/liz-kokoska): Liz Kokoska joined Huntress as Chief Marketing Officer in May 2025, leading scalable revenue marketing programs and demand generation as the company extends its managed security platform further into the mid-market and SMB segments. - [John Maddison](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/john-maddison): John Maddison is EVP of Products and Chief Marketing Officer at Fortinet, where he has led marketing and product strategy since 2012 for one of the largest network security companies in the world. - [Brett Theiss](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/brett-theiss): Brett Theiss is Chief Marketing Officer at Check Point Software, appointed in September 2025 to lead global brand and growth strategy for the long-standing network and cloud security leader. - [Meg O'Leary](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/meg-oleary): Meg O'Leary is Chief Marketing Officer at Tenable, leading global marketing for the exposure management leader, brought in for her cybersecurity brand-building and communications track record. - [Cynthia Stanton](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/cynthia-stanton): Cynthia Stanton is Chief Marketing Officer at Rapid7, leading brand and go-to-market strategy with 16+ years across the global security services industry spanning sales, operations, marketing, and product. - [Jeffrey Samuels](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/jeffrey-samuels): Jeffrey Samuels is Chief Marketing Officer at Cloudflare, appointed in December 2025, leading marketing for the connectivity and security cloud as it continues its enterprise growth. - [Cindy Zhou](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/cindy-zhou): Cindy Zhou is Chief Marketing Officer at KnowBe4, overseeing global marketing, PR, and sales development for the security awareness training and human risk management leader. - [Jaime Romero](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/jaime-romero): Jaime Romero is Chief Marketing Officer at Cato Networks, appointed in early 2026 to lead global marketing through the SASE leader's next phase of growth. - [Scott Hogrefe](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/scott-hogrefe): Scott Hogrefe is Chief Marketing Officer at Netskope, leading global marketing for the SASE and cloud security platform after 11+ years building the company's brand and demand functions. - [Chris Kozup](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/chris-kozup): Chris Kozup is Chief Marketing Officer at Darktrace, leading global marketing and sales development for the AI cybersecurity company since mid-2023. - [Shanta Kohli](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/shanta-kohli): Shanta Kohli is Chief Marketing Officer at Sysdig, promoted in December 2024 to unify global marketing for the cloud and container security company. - [Scott Holden](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/scott-holden): Scott Holden is Chief Marketing Officer at Vanta, appointed in July 2025, overseeing brand, product marketing, demand generation, growth, communications, and field marketing for the trust management leader. - [Arun Singh](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/arun-singh): Arun Singh is Chief Marketing Officer at Drata, appointed in 2025 to lead product marketing and go-to-market strategy for the trust and compliance automation platform. - [Upa Campbell](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/upa-campbell): Upa Campbell is Chief Marketing Officer at Claroty, leading global marketing for the cyber-physical systems and OT security company. - [Simon Mouyal](https://gracker.ai/cyber-resources/cmos/simon-mouyal): Simon Mouyal is Chief Marketing Officer at CyberArk, overseeing global marketing strategy to extend the company's identity security market leadership. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does a cybersecurity CMO do differently from a typical B2B CMO? A cybersecurity CMO has to market to a technically skeptical, breach-fatigued buyer, translate deep product complexity into trust-building narratives, and often navigate compliance-sensitive claims about efficacy. ### Why list current and former cybersecurity marketing leaders? This directory is used for peer discovery, executive recruiting, speaker sourcing, and advisory board building, so both active and recently-transitioned CMOs stay useful reference points.