Ric Smith Joins SentinelOne As CTO

SentinelOne appoints Ric Smith as Chief Technology Officer. With over 15 years of experience driving product development in pre- and post-IPO companies, Mr Smith will accelerate global R&D efforts and support the rapid growth of SentinelOne’s Singularity XDR platform across the endpoint, cloud and IoT security markets.

“The demand for AI powered technology will only continue to increase as the threat landscape evolves. We’re on a mission to become the next great cyber security company, protecting the data of the world’s leading and largest enterprises with an AI-powered approach. Ric’s expertise driving high functioning engineering teams will be a critical asset on our growth journey,” stated Tomer Weingarten, Co-Founder and CEO, SentinelOne.

Joining SentinelOne from Medallia, Mr Smith oversaw engineering prior to and following the company’s IPO. He held multiple engineering leadership roles at Oracle prior to Medallia.

“SentinelOne is at an exciting point in its journey to becoming the market leader in AI powered cyber security. The Singularity XDR platform delivers unrivaled product efficacy with proactive operational insights from a security first perspective and I’m excited to help elevate the company’s research and development efforts to establish the cyber security SaaS platform of the future,” noted Mr Smith.