Splunk appoints Gary Steele as new CEO
Credit to Author: Scott Carey| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 03:12:00 -0800
Splunk has named Gary Steele as its new CEO, three months after the surprise resignation of longtime CEO Doug Merritt.
“The board is focused on identifying a leader with a proven track record of scaling operations and growing multi-billion-dollar enterprises,” Merritt said in a statement at the time.
We now know that leader is Gary Steele, who was the founding CEO of software-as-a-service (SaaS) security vendor Proofpoint, a company he led for nearly 20 years. During that time, Steele navigated both an IPO in 2012 and a private equity buyout from Thoma Bravo last year. He will start on April 11, when he will also take a seat on Splunk’s board.