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Illumio Inc. Head of Breach Protection, announced the appointment of Karel Van den Bergh as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). A proven technology and marketing executive, Van den Bergh brings more than 25 years of experience driving innovation, building market-leading brands and accelerating cloud growth at global technology companies.
At Illumio, Van den Bergh will lead global marketing efforts spanning product, brand and growth marketing. It will focus on raising awareness of Illumio’s breach containment platform and demonstrate how Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) helps organizations secure hybrid multi-cloud environments. Van den Bergh aims to establish the company as indispensable to organizations looking to prevent cyber disasters.
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Van den Bergh has extensive experience building, scaling and growing cloud businesses across various technology companies. Most recently, he served as CMO at Gigamon, where he spearheaded a transformative marketing strategy that made the company a leader in Deep Observability, focused on removing security blind spots across hybrid multi-cloud, resulting in significant growth and enhancing brand awareness. Prior to Gigamon, Van den Bergh was CMO at DataStax, a real-time artificial intelligence company, and GM Analytics Cloud at Jaspersoft and then TIBCO.
“Karl is a world-class business and marketing leader with a deep understanding of how to align strategy and execution to drive market demand,” said Andrew Rubin, co-founder and CEO of Illumio. “As organizations face increasing pressure to remain resilient in a ‘pretend breach’ world, Karl’s cloud expertise will be invaluable in enhancing the role Illumio ZTS plays in hybrid and multi-cloud security environments. We are excited to welcome him to our executive team during this transformative moment for Illumio and the cybersecurity industry.”
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“Organizations today are under constant threat, a challenge exacerbated by the accelerating complexity of hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure. Illumio’s approach to breach mitigation is critical to reducing cyber risk and ensuring resilience,” said Karl Van den Bergh, Chief Marketing Officer at Illumio. “I am excited to join a company with such a compelling mission and proven ability to help organizations protect what matters most. I look forward to expanding the Illumio story and supporting our next phase of growth.”
