Leadership Team

Chief Executive Officer and Board Member

As the Chief Executive Officer, Gregory is responsible for strategically spearheading the company’s growth.

A key executive who has built effective go-to-market, customer success, and engineering teams in high-growth technology startups, Gregory brings over 15 years of experience in information technology and security to AppViewX with an outstanding performance record. He was previously CEO at Bromium, where he oversaw three years of company growth and customer success, improved operational efficiencies, and recruited key executives to build a new management team. Gregory was an early executive at Venafi and served as Vice President from 2012 to 2016, where he oversaw all aspects of marketing, including corporate marketing and public relations, demand generation and field marketing, advertising and branding, and marketing operations.

Gregory holds a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and was a Fulbright scholar at Stockholm University.

Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Board Member

Anand has more than 15 years of experience in the IT industry, specifically in product design and development. Prior to founding AppViewX, he was a key technologist in various startups, notably the online trading platform Tradeweb, where he spearheaded product development of trading and post-trade systems. The platform saw a total trade volume that surpassed $100 trillion, and later Tradeweb was acquired by Thomson Financials.

Beyond product engineering experience, Anand is a visionary leader and has mentored and groomed various teams in multiple business practice areas. He travels globally and builds relationships, promoting the business and conducting socioeconomic reforms.

He actively engages in corporate social responsibility initiatives, adopts villages, and drives the villages toward a self-sufficiency model. Anand holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering – Human Factors from Clemson University.

Chief Solutions Officer

As Chief Solutions Officer, Murali is responsible for the overall product vision, development, and technical direction of AppViewX. Before joining the company, he served as Senior Vice President at Bank of America, where he led an architecture and engineering team of e-commerce application delivery.

Prior to that, Murali was Vice President of architecture and product engineering at Merrill Lynch. He has designed and developed automation and integration solutions for servers, application delivery controllers, IP services, and networking.

Murali is an Electronics and Communication Engineer from Bharathiyar University in India. Currently he is based out of New York.

President and Chief Customer Officer

Prabhakar heads Customer Success and is responsible for overall customer satisfaction leading to long term relationships. As the General Manager of the ADC+ Business Unit, he will also oversee the product’s global strategy and go to market activities. Prabhakar comes with more than 15 years of experience in data engineering and project management. Prior to AppViewX, Prabhakar was Principal Director – Engineering Data Management at a global engineering firm with 60,000 employees and revenue of more than $10 billion in 2011.

Prabhakar has held various leadership positions and was responsible for setting up operations in new geographies, leading profit and loss performance units, and enterprise IT strategy. His track record includes working on a number of award-winning projects, including winning a CIO 100 award in 2014.

Prabhakar is an Engineering and Management graduate from the University of Madras, Bharathiar University in India and Rutgers University in the US. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer, Anil oversees the accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, internal audit and tax functions at AppViewX.

Prior to joining AppViewX, Anil served as the CFO of EN Engineering, based out of Chicago. He spent 15 years at IBM Corporation in a variety of finance and leadership roles. He is also a member of Forbes Finance Council and has advised clients including McKinsey, BCG, research firms and hedge funds on a variety of finance topics.

Anil holds an MBA from Emory University, MS from University of Georgia and B. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has driven growth initiatives, operational efficiencies, capital structure optimization, and business turnarounds.

Chief People Officer

As Chief People Officer, Anjali oversees the people strategy including talent acquisition, talent management, leadership development, rewards, culture, and leads all people functions globally at AppViewX.

Prior to joining AppViewX, Anjali served at CA Technologies based in New York for 15 years, where she held a variety of different leadership roles within the People and Recruiting function. During her tenure, CA Technologies was ranked one of the largest independent software corporations in the world.

Anjali started her career at Merrill Lynch where she managed the talent management strategy for the Technology group. She has a proven track record of business partnerships, execution, and successfully leading teams through change. Anjali is deeply committed to building outstanding people practices and passionate about being part of the team that makes AppViewX an employer of choice.

Anjali has a Masters degree in Human Resource Management from Rutgers University. She completed her Bachelors in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India. She is based out of New York.

Chairman and Board Member

Mike Gregoire is the Chairman and Board Member of AppViewX. He is also the Managing Director of Brighton Park Capital (“BPC”). Prior to joining BPC, Mike was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CA Technologies where he started in 2013. At CA, Mike accelerated the company’s software leadership with innovative offerings, a renewed brand, and a strengthened market presence. The result of Mike’s leadership over almost 6 years was the sale to Broadcom in July 2018 taking the stock from $22.38 to $44.50 per share yielding a $10.5 billion market cap appreciation.

Previously, Mike was Chairman and CEO of Taleo Corporation, a leading cloud-based talent management software company that he built and took public for $300 million before its successful sale to Oracle in 2012 for nearly $2 billion. With a career spanning more than 25 years in software and technology, Mike also served as Executive Vice President at People Soft from 1999 to 2004 and Executive Director at Electronic Data Systems EDS from 1988 to 1999.

Mike has been the chair of the World Economic Forum’s IT Governors Steering Committee, as well as a member of the Business Roundtable’s Information and Technology Committee. Mike also serves on the Executive Council of TechNet, an organization of CEOs that represents the technology industry in policy issues critical to American innovation and economic competitiveness. Currently, Mike sits on the Board of Directors of ADP where he is the Chairman of the Governance committee..

Mike earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Computing from Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada, and a Master of Business Administration degree from California Coast University.

Board Member

Larry Biagini joined Brighton Park Capital as a Special Advisor in January of 2019. Larry is an experienced CTO and change advocate with over 35 years of experience. He spent 26 years at GE, retiring as VP and Global CTO. While at GE, he held the roles of CIO, CTO and CISO globally. Prior to GE, Larry led Internationals Applications for Emery Air Freight and was Director of Financial Applications for Olin Chemical. Larry’s career has spanned 35 years in technology covering manufacturing, logistics and financial systems. Industrial verticals include healthcare, media, aviation and energy.

Currently, Larry is the Chief Technology Evangelist of zScaler, the internet security industry’s first Security as a Service platform. Larry’s zScaler focus is helping customers and partners better plan and execute their inevitable move towards expanding their use of cloud services.

Larry is a recognized global leader in creating environments enabling businesses to take advantage of new technologies in a reliable and secure manner. Larry holds a B.S. in accounting from Fairfield University.

Advisor

Zachary Gut is a Partner at Brighton Park Capital and is currently on the board of AppViewX. Prior to joining Brighton Park, Zach was a Principal at Apax Digital, a technology focused growth equity firm, where he invested in SoYoung (NASDAQ: SY) and Moda Operandi. Prior to Apax, Zach was an investor at Summit Partners from 2008-2017, where he was involved in multiple investments across both technology and healthcare, including PrismHR, Aeryon (acquired by NASDAQ: FLIR), Fuze, OB Hospitalist Group (acquired by NYSE: ARES), and My Dentist (acquired by Heartland Dental). At both Summit and Apax, Zach helped run the thematic sourcing programs. Zach began his career in the Technology M&A group at Bank of America.

Zach received an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in Political Economy.

Board Member

Karunya is a Board Member of AppViewX. She was formerly the Chief Operating Officer at AppViewX, where she played a vital role in managing global delivery, process excellence, and strategic corporate initiatives. Karunya comes with a strong techno-functional background, and having worked with various firms in New York City, she brought over a decade of experience in business operations and management. Prior to being COO, Karunya steered a well-known industry group with her extensive experience in managing business processes, operations, and profit and loss of a business unit.

Karunya has a Master’s degree in Computer Software Engineering from PSG College of Technology in India.

Chief Revenue Officer

As Chief Revenue Officer, Kevin will oversee all revenue generation, customer and partner operations, and multi-channel go-to-market activities to streamline global field operations and across emerging and existing markets.

Kevin brings more than 30 years of high tech, software sales and company leadership experience, and has a remarkable performance and revenue record running global field organizations that consistently meet or exceed quarterly sales targets. He has repeatedly orchestrated significant company growth via high-performing teams and linear product sales, and his management and sales practices have resulted in explosive revenues, M&A and IPOs in multiple companies.

Prior to joining AppViewX, Kevin was the Chief Revenue Officer at Bromium, where he played a vital role in the company’s acquisition by HP. He was also an integral part of a data security company, Delphix and cyber security start-up ArcSight where he demonstrated extensive experience in expanding the companies’ global market share. Kevin also held key Leadership roles at Oracle, Portal Software, and Accel Partners.

Kevin earned his undergraduate in Economics from the University of Connecticut.

Chief Product Officer

As Chief Product Officer, Ravishankar oversees product strategy and vision including technical direction, GTM and enablement functions, commercialization and launch aspects, and leads all product functions globally at AppViewX.

Ravishankar brings more than 20 years of product management and engineering experience and has an outstanding record, running product organizations that consistently align closely to market needs and customer satisfaction, while internally driving process optimizations. His efforts have resulted in new products, new revenue streams and M&As at multiple companies; at Airwatch, which was acquired by VMware for $1.4B and at VMware, which saw its entry into newer businesses with strong revenues.

Prior to joining AppViewX, Ravishankar drove IoT product strategy and technology efforts, conceptualizing, developing, and commercializing an IoT infrastructure management and security platform for VMware and established strategic partnerships with vendors and partners, helping put VMware on the IoT map as one of the key players. He built the IoT and Enterprise Rugged EMM businesses from the ground up at AirWatch and VMware. He has also been at Cisco and Inktomi working on networking and security products in leadership roles.

Ravishankar has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and an MBA from Georgia State University, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Bangalore University.

Board Observer

Andrew Camel is the Board Observer at AppViewX. He is also a Senior Associate at Brighton Park Capital. Andrew’s primary responsibilities include identifying new thematic hypotheses, deal sourcing, executing due diligence on prospective investments, and working with portfolio companies.

Prior to joining BPC in January of 2019, Andrew was a member of the investment team at 8VC, a venture capital firm focused on investing in early stage B2B software and biotech companies.

Prior to 8VC, Andrew worked as an Analyst at General Atlantic. Andrew studied Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis.

Executive Company Advisor

Tammy is the CEO and Founder of CyAlliance. She is a strategic advisor, seed investor and “Alliance” builder for companies, vendors and startups by leading, building and scaling their security offerings while providing trusted executive advisory services and professional services for companies worldwide. With her 30+ years of technology experience, she is noted by her peers to be a results-driven and passionate executive leader. She is a distinguished career CISO, and she has held many security and technology leadership roles across multiple industries, which include Accenture, Venafi, Time Warner Cable, Huntington Bank and The Home Depot.

She has dedicated her career to guide CISOs worldwide to help defend their organizations from cyber threats and attacks. She is a highly recognized cyber and women in technology social influencer with thousands of followers. Amongst the many things she is involved in, she is a Venture Advisor to YL Ventures, a Distinguished Fellow with the Ponemon Institute and volunteers her time with organizations including ISACA, AISA, SheLeadsTech and the ISSA.

Tammy hosts CISO/Executive Networking events globally to allow CISO’s to share, network and build local relationships. She has spoken at conferences, company events and cyber kickoffs around the world and has received many accolades in recognition for her work within the security industry. She is an internationally recognized keynote/speaker, not only on security and governance, but also on career building, women in technology and leadership mentoring. She is a diversity champion in the market and with the companies she has worked for. Tammy dedicates her personal time as a professional independent leadership and career coach/mentor. Tammy continually provides strategic guidance to other industry- leading security vendors and startups where she holds roles as Executive Company Advisor, Seed/Angel Investor and CISO community builder to multiple companies worldwide.

Chief Revenue Officer

As Chief Revenue Officer, Jason will oversee AppViewX’s revenue generation, customer and partner operations, and multi-channel go-to-market activities to streamline global field operations and across emerging and existing markets.

Jason comes to AppViewX with over 15 years of Go-to-Market Leadership experience. Most recently Jason was the CRO of Chainalysis where he led the company’s Revenue and Marketing operations. Jason was responsible for the team who grew the ARR from $10M to over $60M in less than 2 years. During the same time Chainalysis completed C,D & E rounds that led to a $4.2B valuation.

Prior to Chainalysis Jason was at Ping Identity for over 11 years. Jason's departure from Ping occurred after Ping Identity's successful IPO in 2019 with over $200M in ARR. Jason was also part of the VP at Cast Iron Systems, acquired by IBM, for over 5 years.

Jason is a Computer Science graduate from Eastern Illinois University.

Vice President of Legal

As Vice President of Legal, Samantha is responsible for overseeing the legal function at AppViewX. Samantha has over a decade of experience in cybersecurity, most recently as Vice President of Legal and Compliance for the Americas and Assistant Corporate Secretary at Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), where she drove initiatives ranging from negotiating agreements with Fortune 500 companies to promoting business ethics and corporate governance. She started her career at Gunderson Dettmer LLP.

Samantha holds a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree, Order of the Coif, from Vanderbilt University Law School and a B.A. in Sociology from Stanford University.

Chief Marketing Officer

As the Chief Marketing Officer, Selena is responsible for the high level marketing goals of AppViewX to fuel and accelerate company growth. With over 15 years of experience in security marketing and executive roles, she has a proven track record in developing strategic marketing and company initiatives that directly fuel growth, build presence in the market and increase customer retention at organizations. These include market and brand awareness, category creation, product marketing, customer engagement and demand generation.

Prior to joining AppViewX, Selena held numerous executive positions at Onapsis, including Vice President of Marketing and Chief Customer. In these roles Selena directly contributed to creating a market and global recognition of the company as well as increasing customer retention and ARR growth of the company. Selena has also held marketing and sales positions at Core Security and Dell.

Selena holds a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Senior Vice President of Customers

As Senior Vice President of Customers, Phil and his team work with AppViewX’s customers around the globe to drive maximum value for all involved. With over 25 years of experience working with customers in all aspects of their journey, Phil has helped organizations of all sizes across most industries get the most out of their investment in, and use of, technology, leading to high customer satisfaction and increased value.

Prior to joining AppViewX, Phil ran global post-sales teams at FM:Systems, Venafi, and RSA Security, across Customer Success, Professional Services, Customer Support, and Training. These fast expanding companies derived much of their growth from their existing customer base, largely driven by the teams lead by Phil. Prior to working for software companies, Phil spend 9+ years in IT for Morgan Stanley in a variety of roles supporting their global infrastructure.

Phil earned his Bachelors in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, US, and currently resides in Asheville, North Carolina.

Chief Financial Officer

Before joining appviewX, Earl has been the CFO of a number of technology companies including Bromium, GuideSpark, AOptix Technologies, eMeter Corporation and XenSource, where he has been responsible for financing, administrative functions, operations, legal, risk management, human resources and investor relations functions.

While at Bromium, Earl negotiated the definitive agreement with HP, Inc and led due diligence and integration activities. While at XenSource, Earl led and negotiated financings, negotiated the definitive agreement with Citrix and led due diligence and integration activities, and implemented ERP and business systems. Earl has held similar positions at Cupertino Electric, Inc., a leading provider of sophisticated electrical infrastructure solutions and other high technology companies.

Earl was a partner and 20 year veteran at Deloitte LLP, a major public accounting firm. He holds a BBA from the University of Notre Dame.

Vice President of Sales

As Vice President of Sales for the Americas, Debra is responsible for growing revenue by working with customers and prospects to solve their business challenges. With over 25 years of experience working on or leading enterprise sales teams, she has a proven track record of growing revenue for start-ups with highly complex buyers.

Prior to joining AppViewX, Debra led the Americas team at Chainalysis, helping them to achieve record growth and was the Director of East Enterprise Sales at Ping Identity. While at these organizations Debra accomplished record revenue growth across product lines and expanding the customer base.

Debra earned her Bachelors in Political Science from Goucher College in Towson, MD US, and currently resides in Fort Myers, Florida.

Senior Vice President of Engineering

Kiran Malasani brings 25 years of experience in building software systems for firms in investment banking, digital content delivery and Capital markets. Prior to AppViewX, Kiran worked as Director of Technology at Tradeweb, a large North American fixed income trading technology service provider with more than $1 trillion in average daily trading volume (ADV).

Over 21 years at Tradeweb, Kiran held various roles as applications programmer, systems designer, integrator, development manager and head of development for retail markets, responsible for building and delivering systems to perform at massive scale and speed.

Kiran holds a MS in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and CFA charter from CFA Institute.

Director - Human Resources

With over 16 years of experience in human resources and organizational development, Swathi brings a wealth of knowledge and a passion for fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture. Before joining AppViewX, Swathi has worked with organizations like TCS, Airtel, and KGISL in leadership roles and has a proven track record of implementing innovative HR strategies that drive business success and employee satisfaction. Having worked across multiple industries and geographies in leadership roles, her expertise spans across talent management, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development.

At AppViewX, Swathi is dedicated to creating an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. Her approach focuses on nurturing a thriving workplace built on trust, collaboration, commitment to excellence, and a shared vision for the future.

Swathi has completed her Engineering from Anna University and her management degree specializing in HR from XIME, Bangalore, India.