RingCentral Appoints Security Expert Heather Hinton as Chief Information Security Officer
January 07 2021 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG), a leading provider of global
enterprise cloud communications, collaboration, video meetings, and
contact center solutions today announced that industry security
veteran, Heather Hinton has joined RingCentral as the company’s
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Hinton joins RingCentral
from IBM, where she spent 13 years in various leadership positions,
most recently as vice president and IBM distinguished engineer, and
CISO for the company’s Cloud and Cognitive Software business
unit.
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Hinton brings more than 30 years of experience in Information
Technology (IT) and cyber security expertise to RingCentral. Over
the years, she has led product design and architecture,
development, and sales and support for several organizations and
was instrumental in bringing Privacy by Design thinking into IBM’s
Security and Privacy by Design discipline in response to emerging
privacy requirements. She has also overseen security operations and
data center security, risk management, and incident response
activities for large Fortune 500 customers.
“As everyone evolves to work from anywhere, it is absolutely
crucial that we continue to provide our customers with a trusted
cloud communications platform,” said Nat Natarajan, executive vice
president of products and engineering, at RingCentral. “Heather
brings incredible experience and insights on security and privacy
that perfectly aligns with our vision. We are delighted to welcome
her to the RingCentral family and look forward to continuing to
build trust with our customers through delivering a best-in-class
secure, reliable, and compliant cloud communications platform.”
While at IBM, Heather held a variety of key positions including
IBM Distinguished Engineer and chief technology officer (CTO) for
the company’s Security and Compliance Specialty Service Area (SSA),
where she addressed security and compliance concerns for internal
adopters and external clients. She was also chief architect for the
Worldwide Technical Sales and Solutions group where she was
responsible for driving the adoption of IBM Cloud solutions (also
known as IBM Bluemix IaaS, IBM SoftLayer, and IBM Smart Cloud) with
key strategic clients.
As an IBM Master Inventor, Hinton holds over 100 patents
covering federated identity management, cloud security, and policy
management. She was inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of
Fame in 2019.
“I am excited for the opportunity to provide RingCentral
customers with a trusted, reliable, and secure platform that
supports customers’ digital transformation and enables their people
to work from anywhere,” said Hinton. “As the concept of the
workplace continues to evolve at a rapid pace, security and privacy
have taken center stage. RingCentral’s commitment to security and
privacy and desire to continuously delight and empower customers
with broader security innovation was a big draw for me. Together
with the team, I will help maintain and improve RingCentral’s
current security posture and processes as we continue to drive
innovation and collaboration.”
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About RingCentral
RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) is a leading provider of business
cloud communications and contact center solutions based on its
powerful Message Video Phone™ (MVP™) platform. More flexible and
cost effective than legacy on-premise PBX and video conferencing
systems that it replaces, RingCentral empowers modern mobile and
distributed workforces to communicate, collaborate, and connect via
any mode, any device, and any location. RingCentral offers three
key products in its portfolio including RingCentral Office® , a
Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) platform including team
messaging, video meetings, and a cloud phone system, Glip ® the
company's free video meetings solution with team messaging that
enables Smart Video Meetings™, and RingCentral cloud Contact Center
solutions. RingCentral’s open platform integrates with leading
third party business applications and enables customers to easily
customize business workflows. RingCentral is headquartered in
Belmont, California, and has offices around the world.
© 2021 RingCentral, Inc. All rights reserved. RingCentral,
Message Video Phone, MVP, RingCentral Office, Glip, Smart Video
Meetings and the RingCentral logo are trademarks of RingCentral,
Inc.
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