Julia King August 7, 2022 2:00 PM
Here are some of the latest executive hirings, promotions, and staff changes that happened in July. If you’d like SDxCentral to report on your company’s movers and shakers, or if you’ve got a tip about layoffs and restructuring, please send the information to Julia King (jking@sdxcentral.com) for inclusion in the monthly headcount column.
Trellix Chief HR Officer: ‘There’s No Magic Bullet’ for DE&I
There is no shortage of discussion around the lack of diversity in the cybersecurity sector. One of the more vocal companies, Trellix, put a stake in the ground at RSA Conference 2022 when their CEO Bryan Palma said cybersecurity has too many “straight white men.”
Now, Trellix is looking to get on the forefront of mending the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) problem. But in order for that to happen, businesses need buy-in from across the organization all the way up to the C-suite, according to the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer Michael Alicea.
“The thing about DE&I is that there’s no magic bullet. There’s no one way to do it,” Alicea told SDxCentral. “[I]t starts with a whole bunch of steps, and the first thing is that the CEO’s got to buy into it.”
Red Hat CEO Hat Swaps Heads
Red Hat is changing heads as it continues to power parent company IBM’s ongoing push into the hybrid-cloud market.
Paul Cormier is moving from CEO into Red Hat’s chairman position where he will take on portfolio growth and leadership development at the open source vendor. Matt Hicks, who previously served as EVP of products and technologies, is moving into the CEO position. Both will continue reporting into IBM CEO Arvind Krishna.
Cormier cited Hicks’ more than 15 years with the company and his leadership position in developing the vendor’s widely used OpenShift platform.
Mezmo appointed Buddy Brewer as chief product officer and Ajay Khanna as CMO.
