The leaders in Zero Trust Segmentation
Leadership team
Andrew Rubin
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Andrew Rubin
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
About
Andrew Rubin
As chief executive officer and co-founder of Illumio, Andrew is responsible for the overall strategy and vision of the company. With deep expertise in segmentation, network security and regulatory and compliance management, Andrew is a frequent participant in panels, articles and podcasts for leading industry events and publications. Goldman Sachs has named Andrew as one of the "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs" each year since 2015 as part of its Builders & Innovators program.
Prior to Illumio, Andrew was President and head of Worldwide Field Operations at Cymtec, a leader in the Intrusion Detection market. Andrew graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BSBA in Finance, and he is a National Council member of the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the university.
Scott Downie
Senior Vice President of Support and Services
Scott Downie
Senior Vice President of Support and Services
About
Scott Downie
As Senior Vice President of Support and Services, Scott is responsible for leading Illumio’s customer experience and implementation engagements. Previously, Scott built the support organization at Riverbed, where he grew revenue from $10 million to more than $400 million, operating a 24/7, global, follow-the-sun environment that supported a range of products from consumer-level software downloads to software and hardware appliances for 90 percent of the global 100 enterprises.
Prior to Riverbed, Scott was with Intransa, where he served as Vice President of Client Advocacy, and Luminous Networks, where he was Vice President of Customer Service. Scott graduated in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mario Espinoza
Chief Product Officer
Mario Espinoza
Chief Product Officer
About
Mario Espinoza
As Chief Product Officer (CPO), Mario Espinoza is responsible for leading Illumio’s product strategy and execution. Mario has a proven track record of creating and growing market leading products. Most recently, Mario was Vice President of SaaS Security and Data Protection at Palo Alto Networks, where he led product management and engineering for the CASB and Data Protection teams.
Prior to Palo Alto Networks, Mario was Vice President of Product Management for Information Protection at Symantec, where he was responsible for Data Loss Prevention, Encryption, Data Classification and UEBA. Before that, Mario held various positions in the Symantec Enterprise Security product management organization. Previously, Mario worked at SAP emerging solutions, co-founded two startups, and worked in Venture Capital. Mario holds an MBA degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and MSc and Engineering degrees from the University of Chile.
L. David Kingsley
Chief People Officer
L. David Kingsley
Chief People Officer
About
L. David Kingsley
As Chief People Officer, Kingsley is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Illumio’s human resources, including global strategy, learning and development, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, team engagement, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. He brings over 20 years of experience building motivated, highly engaged teams and helping companies develop and refine value-driven programs.
Prior to Illumio, Kingsley served as Chief People Officer at Intercom, Alteryx (NYSE: AYX), and Vlocity, where he helped to scale the company through its acquisition by Salesforce. Previously, he served in leadership roles at MuleSoft, Salesforce, Accenture, and Booz Allen. He also serves on the board of directors at Nivati.
David holds an M.A. in Organizational Sciences from George Washington University, and a B.A. in International Relations from Catholic University. He is a retired Lieutenant from the U.S. Navy Reserve.
John Lens
Chief Revenue Officer
John Lens
Chief Revenue Officer
About
John Lens
As Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), John Lens is responsible for leading the company’s global revenue operations.
Prior to Illumio, John served as the Senior Vice President of the America’s sales organization at Alteryx, where he was responsible for leading the company for growth at scale. Before that, John held several senior executive sales leadership positions at VMware, including Vice President of the America’s Software Define Datacenter Strategy (SDDC) for the Virtual Cloud Networking, Security, Hyper-Converged & Cloud Management Business Unit. While leading SDDC, he was responsible for more than 67 percent of VMware’s SDDC yearly revenue growth or $3+ billion in bookings.
John received a business degree from Fitchburg State University and attended the Northwestern Kellogg School Executive Program. He serves as a board member for the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association, a non-profit organization promoting and funding research to enhance the quality of life for those affected by the constant urge for hunger.
Todd Palmer
Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances
Todd Palmer
Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances
About
Todd Palmer
As Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances, Todd is responsible for overseeing the channel strategy and expansive partner ecosystem at Illumio. A highly-effective sales leader with a consistent track record of building successful sales strategies and high-performing teams, Todd has held channel leadership roles for over 20 years, including at market-leading companies Palo Alto Networks, NetApp, and Cohesity.
Prior to Illumio, Todd led the Global Partner Sales practice at Tanium, a leading cybersecurity provider in converged endpoint management (XEM). There, he was responsible for overseeing the strategies, teams, and programs that drove Tanium solutions to all customer segments and consumption models across geographies. Todd has been recognized by CRN as a channel leader for four consecutive years. He is also a proud graduate of the University of Arizona and is based in Orange County, California.
Anup Singh
Chief Financial Officer
Anup Singh
Chief Financial Officer
About
Anup Singh
As Chief Financial Officer at Illumio, Anup is responsible for Illumio’s financial, legal, IT, and business strategies. He brings over 25 years of experience leading global growth and financial operations in the technology industry.
Prior to Illumio, Anup was EVP and CFO of Anaplan, an enterprise cloud planning software company. Previously, Anup was CFO of Nimble Storage, where he led the company through a successful IPO in 2013 and acquisition by HPE. Before Nimble, Anup served as CFO at Clearwell Systems (acquired by Symantec) and CFO at Warranty Corporation of America (an Asurion company).
Anup has been recognized as CFO of the Year by both Financial Executives International (FEI) and FEI Silicon Valley in 2017-18 and Finalist for the Bay Area CFO of the Year in 2014. He holds BA and MA Honors degrees in Economics and Management Science from Cambridge University, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Ben Verghese
Chief Technology Officer
Ben Verghese
Chief Technology Officer
About
Ben Verghese
As Chief Technology Officer, Ben oversees the technology innovation and security strategy for Illumio. Previously, he served as Chief Architect and Senior Vice President of Engineering, where he set the near- and long-term technology and architectural vision for Illumio. Prior to Illumio, Ben was Vice President of Engineering and Chief Management Architect at VMware. During his 13-year tenure at VMware, he was part of the ESX Server product founding team, led and delivered the VirtualCenter product from its inception, and led a number of the company’s strategic engineering initiatives.
In his career, Ben has spanned product development and research in networking, operating systems, and computer architecture at HP, Apollo Computers, DEC Research, and Compaq. Ben has a BS from IIT Madras, an MS from Cornell University, and a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Investors
Illumio has raised $582.5 million in funding to date from Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, General Catalyst, 8VC, Thoma Bravo, Franklin Templeton, DCVC, Blue Owl Capital, Hamilton Lane and J.P. Morgan Asset Management, as well as individual investors including former Microsoft Chairman John W. Thompson, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Yahoo Co-founder Jerry Yang and Silver Lake co-founder Jim Davidson.
Board of directors
Steve Herrod
Partner, Juxtapose
Steve Herrod
Partner, Juxtapose
About
Steve Herrod
As a Partner at Juxtapose, Steve is helping to lead the creation of new software and enterprise-centric businesses. Before Juxtapose, Steve was Managing Director at General Catalyst Partners for nine years. Until 2013, Steve was Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of research and development at VMware. During his tenure, Steve helped build a world-class 3,000-person engineering organization that delivered numerous industry-changing products; he was also named InfoWorld’s CTO of the Year in 2009.
Prior to VMware, Steve co-led the development of a virtual CPU with “code morphing” technology at Transmeta Corporation, and held roles at SGI and MIPS Technologies. Outside of work, Steve focuses on the advancement of children’s education, particularly around STEM. Steve holds a PhD and a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University, and a BA with distinction in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. Steve currently serves on the compensation committee at Illumio.
John Hinshaw
Group Chief Operating Officer, HSBC
John Hinshaw
Group Chief Operating Officer, HSBC
About
John Hinshaw
John Hinshaw joined HSBC in December 2019 and was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer in February 2020. He is a member of the Group Executive Committee. Mr. Hinshaw has extensive experience of transforming organizations in a wide range of industries. Before joining HSBC, he served on the Board of Directors of the Bank of New York Mellon (2014-2019) and chaired its Technology Committee. He also has served on the boards of Sysco Foods and DocuSign. From 2011-2016 he served as Executive Vice President of Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise where he managed Technology and Operations and was Chief Customer Officer. He has also held senior roles at Boeing and Verizon. He earlier served as a consultant with Accenture (then Andersen Consulting) and began his career as Computer Systems Manager for the American Embassies in Europe based in London.
Mr. Hinshaw has made several angel investments in technology startups in the areas of healthcare, HR technology, and food and beverages. He and his wife Julia are the majority owners of Blackbird Vineyards in Napa Valley, California. They have also established a charitable foundation with a focus on innovation in education and healthcare. Mr. Hinshaw holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in computer information systems from James Madison University and is a graduate of the G100 next generation leadership program. Mr. Hinshaw currently serves as chair of the compensation committee at Illumio.
John Jack
Board Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
John Jack
Board Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
About
John Jack
John M. Jack (JJ) has worked in the software industry since 1980 in sales, marketing, and executive management. Highlights include: CEO at Fortify Software (sold to Hewlett Packard) and CEO at Covalent (sold to VMware). COO at The Vantive Corporation (public, sold to PeopleSoft), and executive positions at Sybase, Inc. Since leaving Hewlett Packard in January of 2012, he has served as a consultant to startup companies and their CEOs. JJ currently serves on a number of venture-backed company boards in the cybersecurity and other segments. He is also a board partner at the VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. JJ serves on the audit committee at Illumio.
Mike Kourey
Chief Financial Officer, Dialpad
Mike Kourey
Chief Financial Officer, Dialpad
About
Mike Kourey
Mike Kourey has more than 25 years of financial and strategic leadership experience. He currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Dialpad, an AI-powered communications and collaboration technology company. Previously, Kourey served as the CFO of Okta after five years as board member and audit committee chair. He also served as CFO of both Vlocity and Medallia. Previously, Kourey was a partner at Khosla Ventures and also served as a member of the board and the audit commitees of Aruba Networks, RingCentral, and Riverbed. In addition to leading the significant revenue growth and scale of public and private companies, Kourey has been deeply involved in five successful IPOs as CFO, venture partner, or audit chair. Kourey currently serves as chair of the audit committee at Illumio.
Andrew Rubin
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Andrew Rubin
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
About
Andrew Rubin
As chief executive officer and co-founder of Illumio, Andrew is responsible for the overall strategy and vision of the company. With deep expertise in segmentation, network security and regulatory and compliance management, Andrew is a frequent participant in panels, articles and podcasts for leading industry events and publications. Goldman Sachs has named Andrew as one of the "100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs" each year since 2015 as part of its Builders & Innovators program.
Prior to Illumio, Andrew was President and head of Worldwide Field Operations at Cymtec, a leader in the Intrusion Detection market. Andrew graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BSBA in Finance, and he is a National Council member of the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the university.