Banyan Security Expands Management Team With Industry Veterans
Banyan Security today announced the appointment of Jim Yares as the company’s first chief revenue officer. The secure remote access leader also announced that John Dasher has joined as vice president of product marketing, leading the company’s go-to-market efforts. The two executives bring a combined six decades of experience in technology sales and marketing from enterprise security players such as Good Technology, Fortify, HP, Illumio, McAfee, and PGP.
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“The increase in remote work has made secure remote access more important than ever. With demand for our zero-trust remote access platform at an all-time high, we need heavy hitters on our team to help us grow and lead our sales and marketing efforts,” said Jayanth Gummaraju, CEO and co-founder of Banyan Security. “Jim Yares and John Dasher are leaders that create successful teams that grow revenue for market-leading products. We are extremely pleased to add their depth and breadth of experience to our team.”
Jim Yares brings a history of success in security and enterprise software to Banyan Security. As chief revenue officer, Yares is responsible for creating the overall go-to-market strategy and building and leading the sales, field marketing and customer success teams.
Formerly SVP of Illumio global field operations, Yares also served as COO and interim CEO of Crownpeak. Before Crownpeak, Yares was EVP of global field ops at AlienVault, creator of Unified Security Management. Prior to that, he built the sales, service and field marketing team at application security market leader Fortify, resulting in a successful acquisition by HP. Jim Yares’ experience spans many years of enterprise technology sales, marketing, and professional services leadership.
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