Everbridge Appoints Sheila Carpenter as Chief Information Officer to Oversee Company’s Global Information Systems
October 20 2022 - 8:35AM
Business Wire
With two decades of leadership experience at
information security software companies, Sheila brings deep
background in cyber security, DevOps, agile project delivery,
automation, and infrastructure in IT and SaaS environments
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical
event management (CEM) and national public warning software
solutions, today announced the appointment of Sheila Carpenter as
Chief Information Officer (CIO), responsible for leading the
company’s global information technology (IT) efforts, including
corporate IT infrastructure, technology systems, and enterprise
architecture. Sheila reports to Chief Executive Officer Dave
Wagner, and will oversee teams led by the company’s Chief
Information Security Officer and Vice President of Enterprise
IT.
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“Sheila’s experience scaling IT operations on a global level
will be instrumental to Everbridge's continued growth efforts as
the market leader in Critical Event Management (CEM),” said Wagner.
“I had the opportunity to collaborate with Sheila at her prior
company and I am excited to have her part of Everbridge. In
addition to leading our IS/IT teams, Sheila will partner with me
and the senior leadership team on the best-in-class development of
our internal information systems.”
Prior to Everbridge, Sheila served as CIO of Zix, a leader in
email security and encryption, managing security, IT, business
applications and compliance. Before joining Zix, Sheila was Vice
President of IT, Cloud Services Operation for Entrust Datacard. She
has worked in the software IT space for over 25 years. She began
her career working with business information systems at Mitel
Networks, and worked with many startups to implement SaaS
offerings, introduce security frameworks and IT service management
capabilities.
With a strong commitment to promote diversity in security,
Sheila launched the Women’s Network of Ottawa for Entrust Datacard
and has also implemented the Women in Security group at
Zix/AppRiver.
“I have built my career around a focus on strategic planning,
security transformation, and ITSM best practices,” said Carpenter.
“I am excited to join Everbridge… a company with a strong mission,
strong culture, and a commitment to the highest standards of
security, compliance, and digital transformation.”
About Everbridge Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG) is a global
software company that provides enterprise software applications
that automate and accelerate organizations’ operational response to
critical events in order to Keep People Safe and Organizations
Running™. During public safety threats such as active shooter
situations, terrorist attacks or severe weather conditions, as well
as critical business events including IT outages, cyber-attacks,
product recalls or supply-chain interruptions, over 6,300 customers
in 76 countries rely on the Company’s Critical Event Management
Platform to quickly and reliably aggregate and assess threat data,
locate people at risk and responders able to assist, automate the
execution of pre-defined communications processes through the
secure delivery to over 100 different communication modalities, and
track progress on executing response plans. For more information,
visit www.everbridge.com, read the company blog, and follow on
Twitter and Facebook.
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