New CloudBees CISO Sethuraman, who brings extensive experience in leading digital and security initiatives for organisations in highly regulated industries, will lead the security strategy, as well as the company’s product line.
Sethuraman joins off of the back of a tenure as global head of cloud security at HSBC, leading digital strategy and architecture, as well as helping the organisation drive public cloud and container adoption, and overseeing the creation of a global Open Banking platform.
Additionally, he led a cloud and container-focused cyber security team at HSBC, while helping to establish new security processes to protect the bank as it accelerated its journey towards cloud and container ecosystems operating at scale.
Prior to HSBC, Sethuraman held the role of chief architect (financial services) at Wipro, leading the IT Architecture and Strategy consulting service across Securities, Banking and Insurance customers in the UK.
After leaving Wipro in 2008, following a stint of over five years, Sethuraman founded management consultancy Enterprise Blueprints Limited, where he currently serves as chairman.
Through Enterprise Blueprints, Sethuraman has led technology transformation initiatives for major financial services institutions in the UK.
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“I’ve had the good fortune to join several fast-growing companies that drove massive change within their industries – and CloudBees is at that moment right now,” said new CloudBees CISO, Sethuraman.
“CloudBees has set the standard for excellence in end-to-end, connected, automated software delivery at a time when DevSecOps and agile are becoming part of the global business fabric.
“The company has reached major milestones and has its sights set on a multi-billion-dollar market opportunity, and I’m excited to help this talented team achieve its goals.”
Stephen DeWitt, CEO of CloudBees, commented: “Prakash will bring his deep knowledge of security best practices to bear for CloudBees as we operationally mature as a company and as we bring more security and compliance capabilities into our product line for our enterprise customers.
“Prakash has led and helped design the cloud and container security strategy at one of the world’s largest banks, so he understands the security challenges enterprises face implementing transformational technologies at scale.
“His role is critical to our long-term success and the business value we can bring to our global customers.”
Enterprise software delivery company CloudBees is currently experiencing significant growth, surpassing $100 million in revenue and looking to accelerate innovation and streamline the complexities of software delivery.
