Absolute Software Welcomes New CFO and CISO to Executive Team
October 31 2022 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
New Hires Bring Decades of Experience from
Leading Companies Including Splunk, Rally Software, Citi and
Imperva
Absolute Software™ (NASDAQ: ABST) (TSX: ABST), the only provider
of self-healing, intelligent security solutions, today announced
the appointments of Jim Lejeal as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and
Samir Sherif as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
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Samir Sherif, Chief Information Security
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Jim is a seven-time CFO and demonstrated financial strategist
with a passion for helping software businesses scale. At Absolute,
he will oversee all global finance, accounting, financial
reporting, audit, tax, investor relations, and capital planning
functions beginning December 5, 2022. Jim has served in numerous
financial leadership roles throughout his successful career,
including helping VictorOps, through a successful acquisition by
Splunk, scaling Sphero’s growth while balancing costs, and leading
successful IPOs at Rally Software and Raindance.
“Jim has tremendous experience and understanding of SaaS
businesses both operationally and strategically, which makes him
the ideal individual to lead our finance function as we continue
scaling the business and driving growth,” said Christy Wyatt,
President & CEO of Absolute. “As we welcome Jim, I also want to
thank Ron Fior for stepping in earlier this year as interim CFO.
We’re grateful for the valuable contributions he made to Absolute’s
business during this period of CFO transition.”
“I’m honored to join Christy and the Absolute team,” said Jim
Lejeal. “Absolute’s unique self-healing, intelligent security
solutions are highly regarded by its customers and are proving to
be exactly what customers need as they build out resiliency
strategies that complement their security frameworks. I look
forward to joining Absolute and helping the company continue to
deliver incredible value for customers and shareholders.”
Absolute also appointed Samir Sherif as CISO to oversee all
aspects of global security, including cloud security, threat
management, penetration testing, risk and compliance, security
operations, as well as lead the company’s Customer Zero program. He
brings more than two decades of experience in Information Security
that includes brand names like Citi and General Electric. Samir
most recently served as CISO at Imperva, where he significantly
scaled the security team and led the development and deployment of
a comprehensive security architecture that included everything from
SecOps and GRC to risk management and adversarial simulation.
“Samir’s proven track record and security expertise at some of
the world’s most renowned brands is a testament to the great
addition he will be to our team, as we continue scaling and serving
customers across a diverse set of markets,” added Wyatt. “His deep
expertise in cybersecurity will be vital in protecting our
technology and information assets as well as supporting the
security and resilience our customers are building in their
organizations.”
“We are in the midst of one of the most defining eras in history
as it relates to cyber threats and driving innovation to address
them,” said Samir Sherif, Chief Information Security Officer at
Absolute. “Absolute’s privileged position in the firmware of more
than 600 million devices allows us to deliver self-healing security
capabilities, enabling today’s work from anywhere workforce with
the power of cyber resilience that no other company can do. I could
not be more excited to join the team at Absolute as we shape the
future of cybersecurity.”
For more information about Absolute’s self-healing, intelligent
security solutions, click here.
About Absolute Software
Absolute Software (NASDAQ: ABST) (TSX: ABST) is the only
provider of self-healing, intelligent security solutions. Embedded
in more than 600 million devices, Absolute is the only platform
offering a permanent digital connection that intelligently and
dynamically applies visibility, control and self-healing
capabilities to endpoints, applications, and network connections -
helping customers to strengthen cyber resilience against the
escalating threat of ransomware and malicious attacks. Trusted by
nearly 18,000 customers, G2 recognized Absolute as a leader for the
eleventh consecutive quarter in the Fall 2022 Grid® Report for
Endpoint Management and as a leader in the Grid Report for Zero
Trust Networking.
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