{"id":4394,"date":"2024-03-21T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T23:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg.com\/?p=4394"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:38:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T23:38:58","slug":"skyhigh-security-appoints-vishal-rao-to-chief-executive-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg.com\/news\/skyhigh-security-appoints-vishal-rao-to-chief-executive-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyhigh Security Appoints Vishal Rao to Chief Executive Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Snow Software President and CEO to lead Skyhigh Security into Next Phase of Growth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Skyhigh Security, a leading provider of data-aware cloud security solutions, today announced that it has appointed Vishal Rao as the organization\u2019s next CEO. Rao will succeed former Skyhigh Security CEO Gee Rittenhouse, effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Rao brings an extensive background in the enterprise software industry, with approximately 25 years of experience in cloud and software-as-a-service companies. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Snow Software, where under his guidance, the company experienced significant growth. Prior to Snow Software, he was the Senior Vice President of Field Operations at Cloudera and Vice President of Worldwide Field Sales at Splunk, both of which realized material revenue milestones and successful IPOs during his tenure. Rao has also held senior sales and leadership positions at BMC and IBM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to introduce Vishal as the new CEO of Skyhigh Security,\u201d said Marc Bala, Managing Director, STG. \u201cVishal has an outstanding track record of strong leadership. His entrepreneurial style, strong client focus, global experience and proven track record of driving innovation and growth uniquely qualifies him to successfully lead Skyhigh Security into the future. In addition, I want to express our sincere gratitude to Gee for his outstanding leadership and invaluable contributions to the company during his tenure as CEO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m honored to join such a dynamic team at a critical juncture of its growth stage,\u201d said Rao. \u201cWith the Security Service Edge (SSE) market predicted to be worth around $9 billion by 2028, we have an exciting opportunity ahead. 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