Veteran Tech Leaders Join Executive Team at WhiteHat Security

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WhiteHat Security, the Web security company, today announced the addition of John Haniotis as vice president of product management, Mark Pecoraro as vice president of customer success, and Carl Orthlieb as vice president of engineering to support the company's strong growth and new customer opportunities.

"At WhiteHat Security, we realize that a company is wholly supported and propelled forward by the talent and dedication of its employees," said Stephanie Fohn, CEO of WhiteHat Security. "John, Mark, and Carl's combined decades of experience provide WhiteHat with the technology leadership that will further company growth with a focus on providing well-executed product management and development strategies, superior customer service, and the cultivation of a world-class workplace."

Haniotis brings a strong leadership background in product management and process to WhiteHat Security. Prior to joining WhiteHat, Haniotis was senior vice president of products at Accept Corporation. Haniotis joined Accept Corporation from Intuit's Small Business Ecosystem platform and Financial Software Group where he was a product management and strategy leader. While there, Haniotis was instrumental in pioneering a companywide requirements management process.

Known for managing world-class enterprise customer service operations, Pecoraro brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in building and managing customer relationships to WhiteHat Security. Before joining WhiteHat, Pecoraro was senior vice president of SaaS operations and customer success at Accept Software, and was a satisfied customer of WhiteHat for more than four years. Pecoraro also held senior executive positions at Commerce One and SuccessFactors, where he was instrumental in building out their support capabilities.  Early in his career, he led support and service operations for Sybase, which he helped to grow from a startup to a $1 billion publicly traded company. Combining his direct customer experience as well as extensive services and support background into his new role as WhiteHat's vice president of customer success, gives Pecoraro a unique view on how to scale WhiteHat's services capabilities as the company continues to provide the highest level of customer service and relations.

Before joining WhiteHat, Orthlieb led engineering at Appcelerator, delivering a mobile software development and SaaS platform based on JavaScript/HTML. He started his career as a founding member of the Acrobat and Livecycle teams at Adobe. He has had the opportunity to grow and scale up teams and environments at Adobe, Pure Digital (Flip Video), and Appcelerator by attracting and hiring top talent and by evaluating and successfully acquiring key technologies. With more than 25 years of software development engineering experience for mobile, desktop, enterprise and SaaS solutions, Orthlieb has the experience and expertise to support WhiteHat as it continues to enhance and grow its product portfolio.

WhiteHat Security continues to receive industry recognition for its technology and business successes well into 2013 with placement as a leader in Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing, its selection as one of the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners, and its recognition earlier this year by Forbes as one of "America's 100 Most Promising Companies." In addition to these recognitions, the company has doubled the number of sites under management over the last 12 months and in response, the WhiteHat team has grown by more than 50 percent over that same time period to support its dramatic growth. 

More information on current job openings as well as additional corporate successes can be found on the company website.

About WhiteHat Security
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, WhiteHat Security provides end-to-end solutions for Web security. The company's cloud website vulnerability management platform and leading security engineers turn verified security intelligence into actionable insights for customers. Through a combination of core products and strategic partnerships, WhiteHat Security provides complete Web security at a scale and accuracy unmatched in the industry. WhiteHat Sentinel, the company's flagship product line, currently manages thousands of websites – including sites in highly regulated industries, such as top e-commerce, financial services and healthcare companies.
 
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SOURCE WhiteHat Security