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BeyondTrust bolsters leadership team with three key appointments
Wed, 3rd Apr 2024

BeyondTrust has announced three fresh appointments to its executive leadership team. These appointments serve to solidify the company's ongoing commitment to the provision of unparalleled customer value and excellence in the identity security sector. The new appointees, with collectively over 100 years of experience across various industries, are part of the company's strategic growth plans.

Sean Cashin has been appointed as the Chief Customer Officer. Since joining BeyondTrust back in 2018, Cashin has already held several roles within the Customer Success team. He now assumes responsibility for ensuring customers reach their business and cybersecurity targets via BeyondTrust's innovative solutions. His résumé includes operations and customer experience roles in software development, and previous positions at NTT DATA. Leading efforts to enhance customer satisfaction, Cashin will oversee critical functions including Customer Success, Education, Professional Services, Support and Technical Account Management.

Next, BeyondTrust's newly appointed Chief Marketing Officer is Brett Theiss. Theiss will head up the company’s global marketing strategy with a particular focus on reputation and market leadership within the identity security field. Brett Theiss has more than two decades of experience in technology and SaaS marketing and brings a successful track record of driving revenue growth via strategic marketing initiatives to his new position. His ability to construct and lead high-performance marketing teams is showcased by his past roles at Anaplan, Xactly and CA Technologies.

The function of Chief Information Security Officer will now be performed by Michael Machado. Machado will be responsible for strategising and delivering governance of BeyondTrust's information security programme. Bringing over 20 years of experience from global companies varying from early-stage start-ups to Fortune 100 businesses, Machado is an expert in cybersecurity and data protection. His former positions at Shippo and RingCentral, where he led cybersecurity and trust strategies, evidence his abilities to pilot complex security circumstances.

Expressing excitement about these significant appointments, Janine Seebeck, CEO at BeyondTrust, remarked, "We are thrilled to welcome Sean, Brett, and Mike to the Executive Leadership Team. Their collective experience and expertise will be instrumental as we embark on our next phase of growth, and BeyondTrust is poised to continue delivering best-in-class identity security solutions to our valued customers worldwide."

BeyondTrust is a pioneering entity in the development of identity-first security. Its services facilitate the protection of identities, mitigation of threats, and delivery of dynamic access. Trusted by a global clientele that includes 75 of Fortune 100 companies, BeyondTrust is poised for continued innovation and growth under its newly expanded leadership team.