Darktrace announced appointment of Hein Hellemons as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). As CRO, Hellemons will lead global Sales and Solutions Engineering, helping to strengthen Darktrace?s customer and prospect engagement across its key markets and industries. As a member of the Darktrace Executive Committee, Hellemons will report to Jill Popelka, CEO.
Hellemons succeeds Denise Walter, who stepped down as CRO following Darktrace?s sale to Thoma Bravo last year. Hellemons brings a breadth of experience leading go-to-market teams at global cybersecurity and technology companies. Most recently, he served as CRO at KnowBe4, where he led global sales, marketing, customer success, and channel operations and played a key role in scaling the business.
He previously held senior leadership roles at VMware, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft, with a focus on enterprise sales and go-to-market strategy globally.
