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Salt Security Appoints Industry Veterans as CMO and CRO
October 2023 by Marc Jacob
Salt Security will announce the appointment of Matt Quarles and Michael Callahan have as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) to accelerate growth and widen the gap between Salt and its competitors.
Since 2016, Salt Security has led and advanced the API security market with its proven and mature API security platform. Salt is the only API security solution leveraging the power of cloud-scale big data and time-tested artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. According to the Salt Labs State of API Security Report, Q1 2023, 94% of respondents experienced security problems in production APIs in the past year. Nearly half (48%) also stated that API security has become a C-level discussion within their organization. To meet market agility and demand for robust API security solutions, Salt continues to rapidly scale global marketing and sales operations, and bolster product capabilities and R&D efforts. Quarles and Callahan will work closely with executive leadership to grow and sustain this momentum.
Quarles is an experienced CRO with a proven track record driving revenue growth across all commercial functions at disruptive, rapid-growth software companies. Prior to joining Salt, Quarles served as CRO at Posit, an open-source data science company, where he led the company’s global sales, customer success, business development, and field operations. He has also previously worked at publicly traded companies including Google and Accenture, and has built global commercial teams at early-stage cybersecurity companies such as Ionic Security and Evident ID. In his new role at Salt, Quarles will lead all commercial operations.
Callahan joins Salt with more than 20 years of marketing expertise spanning across product marketing, marketing operations, corporate branding and positioning, demand generation, field and channel marketing and public relations. He boasts extensive cybersecurity experience, most recently serving as CMO at Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection. He has also held leadership roles at Cofense, McAfee, HP, Firemon, Juniper, Zimperium and others. At Salt, Callahan will lead all marketing functions and drive global brand awareness.
The addition of Quarles and Callahan follows another significant year for Salt Security. Most recently, Salt announced its expanded partnership with CrowdStrike, integrating the Salt Security API Protection Platform with the industry-leading CrowdStrike Falcon® Platform. The company also launched the Salt Technical Ecosystem Partner (STEP) program in August 2023, making it easier and faster for enterprises to leverage the deep API adaptive intelligence Salt provides to reduce risk throughout their API ecosystem.
