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Trellix Expands Leadership Team to Accelerate Growth and Cyber Resilience
Newly appointed cyber veterans advance Trellix’s growth initiatives, go-to-market strategy, and intelligence-led cyber resilience
SAN JOSE, Calif., August 24, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Trellix, the global leader in intelligence-led cyber resilience, today announced the appointments of David Pieterse as Chief Operating Officer – Go-To-Market (COO-GTM) and David Soto as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The appointments strengthen Trellix’s leadership across go-to-market execution, strategic partnerships, and enterprise security.
David Pieterse Joins Trellix as Chief Operating Officer – Go-To-Market
Pieterse joins Trellix to lead GTM and accelerate execution across our core strategic growth engines. He will focus on empowering front-line teams with the velocity and clarity to win, translating our innovation into measurable customer value and driving durable, long-term growth.
“DP joins Trellix at a pivotal moment, as AI continues to transform the threat actor playbook, demanding organizations adopt a proactive, AI-native security response,” said Vishal Rao, CEO, Trellix. “He is uniquely equipped to execute on this market opportunity, building the engine and trust necessary to turn this momentum into sustained growth and resilience for our customers and partners.”
Pieterse brings more than two decades of enterprise technology and revenue leadership at the intersection of cybersecurity, enterprise software, and data analytics. Most recently, he served as Chief Revenue Officer at Recorded Future, the world’s largest threat intelligence company, where he led all global revenue functions through the company’s acquisition by Mastercard. Before Recorded Future, he was Chief Revenue Officer at Snow Software, where he built and scaled the company’s global revenue organization through its acquisition by Flexera, and SVP of Global Revenue at Kong, Inc.
“The cybersecurity market is at a genuine inflection point, and Trellix has the security foundation, threat intelligence, and team needed to lead it,” said David Pieterse, COO-GTM, Trellix. “My focus will be on building the strategic relationships and execution mechanisms translating security innovations into measurable outcomes for our customers and partners.”
David Soto Joins Trellix as Chief Information Security Officer
Soto will lead Trellix’s enterprise security program, drive its shared resilience transformation, and serve as the executive steward of Trellix’s Customer Zero program, exemplifying the defense-grade protection we deliver to customers within our own environment.
