Securonix appoints Venkat Kotla as CTO

Cybersecurity firm Securonix has appointed Venkat Kotla as its chief technology officer. Kotla will lead and scale the company’s engineering function and develop partnerships with other technology organisations to support the demand for the company’s security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.

An industry veteran, Kotla has an experience of 25 years at enterprise software companies. In his most recent job role, Kotla was the vice president and head of engineering for Economy business unit at workplace productivity solutions provider Atlassian. Under his leadership, the Economy line of business at Atlassian grew to more than  $500 million ARR.

Before Atlassian, Kotla worked with Google for 14 years, serving in various senior engineering leadership roles including Senior Director of Engineering for Google Assistant and the Google Looker, a multi-cloud enterprise SaaS for business intelligence, data applications, and embedded analytics.

“As we continue to evolve and move into our next phase of growth, it is critical for our platform to scale with enterprise-grade reliability and meet the growing needs of modern enterprises charged with defending an expanding threat landscape. Venkat’s deep experience with advanced technologies, including AI, successfully expanding technology partnerships and streamlining processes across multiple stakeholders will be invaluable in driving product development that protects our customers from internal and external threats,” Nayaki Nayyar, chief executive officer, Securonix.

In the last few weeks, Securonix has seen a few high-profile appoints. It includes Scott Sampson as chief revenue officer. In this role, Sampson is responsible for scaling the company’s global sales function. Further, the Texas-based company also hired Mark Stevens as the vice president of strategic alliances to help the growth of the company through partnerships and alliances.

As per a Juniper Research study, business spending on SIEM, a field in which Securonix specialises, is expected to grow to $6.4 billion by 2027.