Ivanti Appoints Robert Ruelas as Chief Revenue Officer and Promotes Sterling Parker to Chief Customer Officer

Leadership appointments strengthen go-to-market execution and customer success strategy to accelerate growth and improve customer outcomes

Key Takeaways:

• Ivanti is elevating the customer experience with customer-focused leadership appointments
• Ivanti is investing in the leadership needed for its next phase of growth and Autonomous Endpoint Management journey
• Ivanti is strengthening its growth engine to support company growth and deliver on customer outcomes

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ivanti, a pioneer in Autonomous Endpoint Management providing automated discovery, patching, and remediation, has appointed industry veteran Robert Ruelas as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and promoted Sterling Parker to Chief Customer Officer (CCO). These leadership appointments are part of the company's ongoing efforts to deepen customer relationships, enhance customer outcomes and accelerate growth.

As Chief Revenue Officer, Robert Ruelas will lead Ivanti's global sales and renewals organization. He brings decades of experience building and scaling high-performing go-to-market teams at some of the software industry's most respected companies. Most recently, he led the revenue, professional services and customer success teams at Omnissa and previously held senior leadership roles at VMware, BEA Systems, Tivoli, and IBM.

"Rob is an accomplished leader with a proven track record of building world-class sales organizations and delivering results for organizations and their customers," said Dennis Kozak, Chief Executive Officer of Ivanti. "His experience, customer focus, and ability to drive execution at scale will be instrumental as we continue expanding our market presence and helping customers achieve better business outcomes."

"I'm excited to join Ivanti at such a pivotal time for the company and our industry," said Robert Ruelas. "Organizations are looking for solutions that can help them simplify operations, strengthen security, and deliver better experiences for employees. Ivanti is uniquely positioned to help customers achieve those goals. I look forward to working with our customers, partners, and teams around the world to help our customers realize greater value from their technology investments and deepen our relationships."

Ivanti also announced the promotion of Sterling Parker to Chief Customer Officer. After joining the company in 2011, Parker has steadily risen through the ranks due to his strong leadership skills and customer-first mindset. In this expanded role, Parker will oversee the company's post-sales customer experience, bringing together customer success, adoption, retention, and advocacy efforts under a unified leadership structure.

"Sterling has consistently demonstrated a deep commitment to customers and has earned the trust of both our customers and teams," said Kozak. "Bringing our post-sales customer functions together under his leadership will enable us to further strengthen customer engagement, accelerate value realization, and deliver an even better experience throughout the customer journey."

"Our customers are at the center of everything we do," said Sterling Parker. "Bringing our post-sales functions together creates an even stronger foundation for helping customers accelerate adoption, maximize value, and achieve their desired outcomes. I'm honored to take on this role and look forward to building on the incredible work our teams do every day to support customers throughout their journey with Ivanti."

These appointments reflect Ivanti's continued focus on investing in leadership, strengthening customer relationships, and ensuring the company is well positioned for its next phase of growth. 

About Ivanti

Ivanti is a global enterprise IT and security software company that provides the trusted data authority for AI-driven, autonomous endpoint management. Ivanti connects IT and security operations data in a unified system of record –– giving teams clear visibility of every device in their environment, and the ability to intelligently manage risk. With automated remediation and self-healing capabilities, IT and security teams can agree on governance, proactively and autonomously resolve issues and operate at scale. At the heart of Ivanti's offerings is the AI-powered Ivanti Neurons platform, where authoritative data drives decisions across endpoints, services and exposure––so AI acts on what is known, within pre-defined guardrails. Ivanti fosters an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are honored and valued, reflecting a commitment to a sustainable future for customers, partners, employees and the planet. Learn more at www.ivanti.com and follow us on social media @GoIvanti.

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