Forcepoint Appoints Naveen Palavalli Chief Marketing Officer
April 17 2024 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Twenty-year security product and marketing veteran joins to
further accelerate the Forcepoint mission to deliver data security
everywhere
Global security leader Forcepoint today announced the
appointment of Naveen Palavalli as Chief Marketing Officer.
Reporting to CEO Manny Rivelo, Palavalli will lead global marketing
strategy as the company doubles down on its mission to uniquely
deliver data security everywhere.
As CMO, Palavalli will lead all aspects of global marketing
including driving brand awareness, product marketing, revenue
generation, and analyst relations for the company. He brings more
than 20 years’ experience in leading global marketing strategy,
portfolio product and solutions marketing, go-to-market (GTM)
programs and cross-functional teams for both new and mature product
lines. He will focus on extending Forcepoint’s global leadership in
delivering the industry’s most robust data security offering.
“Forcepoint has established data security everywhere as the new
paradigm for modern enterprises and global government
organizations,” said Rivelo. “It is critical that executives truly
understand the importance of having data at the center of security
design, as the exponential growth of data creation and exploitation
shows no signs of slowing down. Naveen is an innovative marketing
executive with deep security industry and international expertise.
He is the right leader to accelerate Forcepoint’s growth and
category-disruptive brand position in the cybersecurity
market.”
Palavalli was most recently Senior Vice President, Head of
Global Product and Solutions Marketing and Demand Generation at
Netskope. In this role, he led global strategy of product,
solutions and technology marketing in addition to global marketing
campaigns and demand generation. Prior to Netskope, he served as
Vice President, Head of Enterprise Product Go-to-Market and Analyst
Relations at McAfee. Additionally, he has held executive and
product leadership roles at global brands including Cisco,
Microsoft, and Symantec.
“In the evolving frontier of AI, data is the new gold that
attackers are going after. The proliferation of data and AI
presents both an opportunity and significant risk to businesses of
every size. This makes it nearly impossible for CXOs to prevent
sophisticated actors from using automation, scale and customization
in their tactics to break into hybrid IT infrastructures,” said
Palavalli. “Forcepoint’s mission to secure data is a critical
necessity to every organization. I look forward to building new
partnerships across our ecosystem to help amplify and accelerate
this mission for the benefit of businesses and government agencies
around the globe.”
About Forcepoint
Forcepoint simplifies security for global businesses and
governments. Forcepoint’s all-in-one, truly cloud-native platform
makes it easy to adopt Zero Trust and prevent the theft or loss of
sensitive data and intellectual property no matter where people are
working. Based in Austin, Texas, Forcepoint creates safe, trusted
environments for customers and their employees in more than 150
countries. Engage with Forcepoint on www.forcepoint.com, Twitter
and LinkedIn.
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Rachael Lyon Rachael.Lyon@Forcepoint.com