Cyber-physical systems protection company Claroty has appointed Jason Pearce to the new role of Field Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific and Japan.
Pearce will be responsible for helping customers understand the operational risks of XIoT and cyber-physical systems and safeguard their critical industrial security assets. He will also provide thought leadership and security advisory to ensure customers have the right cyber resilience programs in place to manage their ever-expanding attack surfaces.
The appointment follows a strong period of growth for Claroty. The company surpassed USD100 million in annual recurring revenue in 2023. Most recently, Claroty secured an additional USD100 million in strategic growth financing, making them the best-funded cybersecurity company in the industrial, healthcare, and enterprise IoT sectors to date, with a total funding of USD735 million.
Before joining Claroty, Jason was the Director of Customer Success in Asia Pacific for Mimecast. Prior to Mimecast, Jason was the Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific, Japan, Middle East and Africa at enterprise software provider IFS. Pearce has also held various security senior leadership roles in consulting and pre-sales at ClickSoftware (Salesforce), MailGuard, EMC, RSA, Oracle, Cisco Systems and Hewlett Packard.
“In this new role, my goal is to provide customers with best practice advice on digital transformation and exposure management while arming them with the best cyber security tools that can be easily adopted and translated into strong return on investments,” said Pearce.
