Three Veterans Join Blancco’s Executive Team

Blancco Technology Group announced 3 technology industry professionals have joined the executive leadership team.

Courtney Cunnane joins the company as CMO, Tom Salah as chief revenue officer (CRO) and Anu Krishnakumar as SVP of business operations and strategy.

Cunnane began her career in technology marketing at Exchange Solutions and Allurent before joining Experian’s data quality software division as marketing programs director. Most recently, she was CMO at AI-based security screening company Evolv, where she led global marketing efforts and demand generation strategy. Cunnane will lead Blancco’s marketing initiatives worldwide, with an emphasis on defining the brand to tell the company’s story in relevant and meaningful ways.

“Blancco is known for its proven track record of meeting customer needs. I’m joining the company at such a critical juncture in its growth and will do my part to build on the success Blancco has achieved to date,” said Cunnane. “My primary focus will be to educate the market and prospective customers on how our erasure solutions uniquely support their data security, efficiency and compliance goals, as well as to help our customers maximize the value they receive from their relationship with us.“

Before his new CRO role at Blancco, Salah was the SVP of global direct sales at SmartBear, where he led strategic selling teams in the US, Ireland and Australia. Salah will lead the global Blancco sales organization with a focus on achieving revenue and profitability goals, while positioning Blancco as a technology innovator to better serve the company’s global customer base and meet their data sanitization needs.

“I’m thrilled about the opportunity to help drive Blancco’s growth and take the company to new heights. I see a tremendous opportunity to collaborate with motivated, loyal individuals to amplify our message, improve operational efficiencies, and innovate our processes to become even more customer-centric,” said Salah.

SVP of business operations and strategy, Krishnakumar joins Blancco from commercetools, a headless commerce platform, where he was the SVP of revenue operations. At Blancco, Krishnakumar will lead revenue operations, partner enablement and strategic initiatives. He’ll focus on optimizing go-to-market strategy to maximize business opportunities while preparing Blancco for future market needs and customer demands.

“Very few companies can claim to be both a market leader in size and technology while also remaining profitable and fostering long-term employee loyalty,” said Krishnakumar. “Blancco continues to push the boundaries of data sanitization while maintaining a culture that fosters employee loyalty-something most SaaS companies strive for but rarely achieve. The opportunity to be part of a company that is not only an industry leader but also deeply committed to sustainability and data security made joining Blancco an easy decision.“

“Courtney, Tom and Anu are vital additions to the team as we double-down on our leadership position in data sanitization, expand our reach and accelerate our growth in the global enterprise market,” said Lou DiFruscio, CEO, Blancco. “We’re not only investing in the best talent available, but are also firmly demonstrating our commitment to putting a lot of firepower behind our go-to-market efforts and expanding our enterprise product offerings.“

With over 40 patented and patent-pending innovations fueling the company’s proprietary technology, Blancco’s solutions have been tested, certified, approved and recommended by 13+ governing bodies and organizations around the world, including NATO. No other data erasure software can attest to this level of compliance. Blancco also provides customers with a 100% tamper-proof audit trail validating compliance with global data protection and privacy regulations.