NetSPI appoints Sridhar Jayanthi as Interim Chief Product and Technology Officer

MINNEAPOLIS — NetSPI has announced the appointment of Sridhar Jayanthi as its interim Chief Product and Technology Officer, noting that his extensive experience in cybersecurity product leadership will be instrumental in advancing NetSPI’s Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) Platform and reinforcing its commitment to proactive security.

“This is a pivotal moment for NetSPI and our clients,” said Aaron Shilts, President & CEO of NetSPI. “Sridhar’s expertise and proven ability to scale technology organizations will play a key role in enhancing the proactive security solutions we offer our clients. Together, we’ll help security teams build digital resilience and stay competitive against the constant challenges they’re facing today.”

Jayanthi has a history in driving security innovation and has a deep background in building global cybersecurity engineering organizations. He spent more than 11 years at McAfee, now Trellix, where he established and built the India Development Center and served on McAfee’s global executive leadership team (ELT). He then spent four years at FireEye, now Mandiant, where he built and led endpoint security products and international operations, and was a member of FireEye’s ELT. 

NetSPI said that his proven track record positions him to accelerate the growth of its PTaaS Platform, supported by a world-class engineering team, global security experts, and the pioneering research of NetSPI Labs. 

“The security industry is in need of a better approach to ongoing testing, and NetSPI is here to deliver that innovation,” said Sridhar Jayanthi. “I look forward to working with the team to advance our proactive security capabilities, leverage automation, and create solutions that enhance the security of our clients’ everchanging attack surfaces.”