Joining the podcast this week is John DiLullo, Chief Revenue Officer for Forcepoint and former CEO at LastLine Security, acquired by VMWare in 2020. He's spent decades in the security world. Speaking of world, as it has opened back up John has traveled the globe this year visiting every continent but Antarctica and shares insights from his many meetings with customers, partners, and security companies around the world. He also shares perspective on this year's RSA conference, the future of security trade shows and the future of the security industry - particularly as the economy stares down the barrel of an impending bear market. But it's not all doom and gloom, John shares a recent epiphany after seeing the "Wolverine" actor on Broadway and it paints a very positive picture for the cyber path ahead!

John DiLullo, Chief Revenue Officer, Forcepoint

John DiLullo is Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Forcepoint. He has nearly 30 years' experience in enterprise security, networking, cloud, and AI, plus go-to-market expertise spanning sales, marketing, customer success, technical support, and operations. Throughout the course of his career, DiLullo's special devotion has always been to improving the customer experience and embracing specialized routes to market for transformational business solutions.

DiLullo's professional experience includes extensive time domestically and abroad with market leaders such as Cisco Systems, Avaya, SonicWall, and Aruba Networks/Hewlett-Packard Enterprise serving customers large and small through traditional and emerging channels.

Prior to Forcepoint, he was Senior Operating Partner at Francisco Partners Consulting, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses. He has also served as CEO of Lastline Security, a fast growing Network Threat Detection company acquired by VMware in 2020.

For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e186