On July 29, Sonatype announced the appointment of Bhagwat Swaroop as the company’s new chief executive officer. As part of this planned executive transition, Wayne Jackson will serve as executive chairman and remain involved in supporting the company’s mission and strategic direction.
Swaroop joins Sonatype with nearly three decades of experience driving growth and transformation across global high-tech companies. He was most recently at Entrust, where he served as president of the Digital Security Solutions business unit, and One Identity, where he was president and general manager. Swaroop began his career as a developer at Intel before shifting into leadership roles in enterprise software and cybersecurity at companies such as Symantec, Proofpoint, NetApp and McKinsey. Throughout his career, Swaroop has consistently scaled businesses from several hundred million to over a billion dollars in revenue, bringing a proven track record of strategic expansion and operational excellence.
“I’m honored and excited to join Sonatype, which has long pioneered secure software development, at such a pivotal moment for the future of open source and AI,” said Swaroop. “Sonatype’s deep roots in open source, trusted approach to security research and data accuracy, and industry-leading product suite make it a riveting company to join. As AI continues to redefine software development from all angles, it’s never been more important to keep open source secure. Sonatype is actively shaping the future of software development to help organizations achieve maximum productivity with secure open source and AI generated code.”
Wayne Jackson will be transitioning to executive chairman of the board of directors after 15 years overseeing Sonatype’s growth from a pioneer of software supply chain management into the leading provider of open source software management and security solutions.
Under his tenure, Sonatype has grown to support nearly 2,000 global organizations throughout 75 countries, including 70 percent of the Fortune 100, over 80 percent of the top financial institutions in North America and Europe, and all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. During this time, the company also brought to market several industry-first innovative products including Nexus Repository, the first commercial repository manager, proactive malware prevention for open source, and leading software composition analysis solutions.
“It has truly been a pleasure leading the team at Sonatype through such a fast-moving period of innovation and growth,” said Jackson. “I am extremely proud of the work we have done, helping the world’s largest enterprises secure and streamline their software development with open source. As AI brings open source to its next frontier, Bhagwat could not be better suited to ensure Sonatype remains at the forefront of OSS and AI governance.”
Source: Sonatype
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