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ReliaQuest, a global company in cyber security, announced the appointment of Kara Wilson to its Board of Directors and Alex Bender as its Chief Marketing Officer.

Providing world-class cyber security capabilities requires a world-class team, working together with the common goal of building trust and confidence for businesses of all sizes and sectors,” said Brian Murphy, ReliaQuest CEO and co-founder.

It is a great honour for me to bring both Kara and Alex on board during this exciting chapter for ReliaQuest, as their combined leadership and experience is already helping shape our future operations and strategy to best serve our customers and prospects across the globe.” 

Kara Wilson

With more than 25 years of experience in driving go-to-market strategies for both large and medium companies and hyper-growth startups, Kara Wilson has played an integral role in growing some of the most influential technology companies, including Okta, FireEye, Rubrik, and Cisco.

She also currently serves as a board member for a number of companies including Paychex, KnowBe4, OneStream, and OutSystems in conjunction with her Senior Advisor role at KKR & Co.

Establishing company position

With over 70% of IT and security teams planning to budget for XDR over the next 6-12 months, ReliaQuest is uniquely positioned to transform this market,” said Wilson.

Providing a highly capable and essential cyber security solution is only half the battle - motivating people and establishing loyalty in a competitive market is the key differentiator and ReliaQuest got this right from the beginning. I look forward to my continued involvement in helping ReliaQuest scale its business.”

Alex Bender

Over his 20-year career, Alex Bender has established a track record of driving growth in both revenue and brand marketing for some of the most influential cyber brands including Tripwire, McAfee, Archer Technologies, RSA, and Mimecast (MIME) where he recently served as SVP of Global Marketing.

In his new role, Bender will be spearheading ReliaQuest’s global brand and revenue marketing growth strategies as the organisation expands its operations to meet the industry’s increasing demand for unified extended detection and response (XDR) security solutions.

Transforming Security 

At ReliaQuest, we are delivering a unified detection, investigation, and response approach for top Fortune 1000 organisations that are transforming security operations by delivering the right data, from the right systems at the right time, making security teams more efficient and focused to take decisive action,” said Bender.

I am truly honoured to be joining ReliaQuest and working with an extremely talented team that is laser-focused on extending the company’s rapid growth trajectory as we build business resilience and security confidence on a global scale.”

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