Secureworks, a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced that it has appointed Alpana Wegner as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective June 9, 2023, and Allan Peters as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), effective May 8, 2023. Both Wegner and Peters bring more than 20 years of business experience in their respective fields at public companies in the software and cybersecurity industries. They will report directly to CEO Wendy Thomas.
Wegner most recently served as CFO at Benefitfocus, an industry-leading cloud-based benefits administration technology company, where she led the company’s finance organization as well as strategy, internal information technology, real estate and legal. Previously, Wegner served in several leadership positions at Blackbaud, a cloud software company, including CFO, Enterprise Customer Business Unit and VP, Sales Operations. She also served as Director of External Reporting and Compliance at Allied Waste Industries, Inc. and served in the Assurance and Business Advisory segment of Arthur Andersen LLP. Wegner is a Certified Public Accountant.
“I believe in Secureworks’ mission to secure human progress, and I’m excited to further that mission by driving sustainable growth and value creation for all of our stakeholders,” said Alpana Wegner, incoming CFO. “Secureworks’ growth rate since launching Taegis™ is nothing short of impressive. The company is uniquely positioned to lead the growing XDR market, offering a powerful combination of leading technology and security expertise.”
Wegner succeeds Paul Parrish, who announced his retirement earlier this year, effective May 5, 2023. Secureworks Chief Accounting Officer, Christian Grant, will serve as interim CFO until Wegner joins the team in June. Grant joined Secureworks in 2015 in preparation for the company’s Initial Public Offering and has been a lead contributor to the company’s financial strategy during its business transformation. During the transition…
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