Dhawan Is Proofpoint’s 3rd CEO Since March 2022; Interim Leader Thomas Back as CFO
Proofpoint has landed top VMware lieutenant Sumit Dhawan as its new chief executive just days after the cloud and virtualization giant was acquired by Broadcom.
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The Silicon Valley-based email security firm said it liked Dhawan’s track record of building security, cloud and end-user computing businesses, including over the last two-and-a-half years as VMware’s president, where he was tasked with driving more than $13 billion of sales. Dhawan is Proofpoint’s third CEO since March 2022 and replaces Ashan Willy, 55, who resigned last month to pursue a non-cyber opportunity (see: Proofpoint to Get 3rd CEO Since 2022 as Ashan Willy Departs).
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