Jan 17, 2025

iTWire Friday, 17 January 2025 11:14 Illumio Appoints Cloud Leader Karl Van den Bergh as Chief Marketing Officer 0 Karl Van den Bergh, Chief Marketing Officer at Illumio Illumio Inc. , the breach containment leader, announced the appointment of Karl Van den Bergh as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). A proven technology and marketing executive, Van den Bergh brings over 25 years of leadership experience driving innovation, building market-leading brands, and accelerating cloud growth at global technology companies. At Illumio, Van den Bergh will lead global marketing efforts spanning product, brand, and growth marketing. His focus will include increasing awareness of Illumio’s breach containment platform, showcasing how Illumio Zero Trust Segmentation (ZTS) helps organisations secure hybrid multi-cloud environments. Van den Bergh aims to solidify the company as indispensable for organisations looking to prevent cyber disasters. Van den Bergh has extensive experience in building, scaling, and growing cloud businesses across multiple technology companies. Most recently, he served as CMO at Gigamon, where he spearheaded a transformative marketing strategy that positioned the company as a leader in Deep Observability, focused on eliminating security blind spots across the hybrid multi-cloud, driving significant growth and boosting brand recognition. Prior to Gigamon, Van den Bergh was the CMO at DataStax, the real-time AI company, and GM Analytics Cloud at Jaspersoft and then at TIBCO. “Karl is a world-class business and marketing leader with a deep understanding of how to align strategy and execution to drive market demand,” said Andrew Rubin, co-founder and CEO of Illumio. “As organisations face mounting pressure to maintain resilience in an ‘assume breach’ world, Karl’s cloud expertise will be invaluable in elevating the role Illumio ZTS plays in the hybrid and multi-cloud security landscape. We’re thrilled to welcome him to our executive team during this transformative moment for Illumio and the cybersecurity industry.” “Organisations today are under constant threat, a challenge compounded by the accelerating complexity of hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure. Illumio’s approach to breach containment is critical to reducing cyber risk and ensuring resilience,” said Karl Van den Bergh, Chief Marketing Officer at Illumio. “I’m excited to join a company with such a compelling mission and proven ability to help organisations protect what matters most. I look forward to amplifying Illumio’s story and driving our next phase of growth.” Interested in joining a market leader ? Illumio is hiring globally across all departments. For more information, visit the  Illumio careers page . Read 4 times It's all about Webinars. Marketing budgets are now focused on Webinars combined with Lead Generation. If you wish to promote a Webinar we recommend at least a 3 to 4 week campaign prior to your event. The iTWire campaign will include extensive adverts on our News Site itwire.com and prominent Newsletter promotion https://itwire.com/itwire-update.html and Promotional News & Editorial. Plus a video interview of the key speaker on iTWire TV https://www.youtube.com/c/iTWireTV/videos which will be used in Promotional Posts on the iTWire Home Page. Now we are coming out of Lockdown iTWire will be focussed to assisting with your webinars and campaigns and assistance via part payments and extended terms, a Webinar Business Booster Pack and other supportive programs. We can also create your adverts and written content plus coordinate your video interview. We look forward to discussing your campaign goals with you. Please click the button below.