CrowdStrike™ Appoints Johanna Flower as Chief Marketing Officer

Global Marketing Executive and Security Industry Veteran joins Leadership Team at CrowdStrike

Irvine, CA – Nov. 5, 2014 – CrowdStrike Inc., a leading provider of next-generation endpoint threat protection, intelligence, and services announced today that Johanna Flower has joined the leadership team as Chief Marketing Officer.

Flower brings more than 16 years of marketing and security industry expertise to CrowdStrike. In her role as Chief Marketing Officer, she will be responsible for directing the brand, messaging, go-to-market strategies, demand generation and field sales support.

“Johanna brings a wealth of experience and passion for success in all areas of marketing, sales enablement, strategic business planning and organizational leadership,” said George Kurtz, CrowdStrike President and CEO. “Given our explosive growth in 2014, her proven track record of driving global expansion, recurring subscription revenue, and market share will prove invaluable to CrowdStrike.”

Prior to joining the Company, Flower, served over a fourteen-year-span in several executive level positions at cyber security firm Websense Inc., including: Chief Marketing Officer, Vice President of SMB sales and Vice President of International Marketing and Channel Programs. While at Websense, Flower’s vision helped shape the firm’s marketing and go-to-market strategies, resulting in the company gaining the largest world-wide market share, simultaneously expanding revenues from $30m to over $360m. Flower was part of the core group involved in the company’s M&A activity, including the sale to Vista Equity Partners in 2013, which took the company private. Prior to her time with Websense, Flower led product marketing for European Security Distributor Wick Hill. Flower holds a BA in Business Administration from Brighton University, United Kingdom.

“It is an exciting time to be joining CrowdStrike,” said Flower. “Cyber attacks are the top concern for organizations today and CrowdStrike is taking a unique and industry-first approach to next-generation endpoint threat protection delivered through a highly-scalable cloud architecture. I look forward to joining this disruptive security company and skilled leadership team.”

About CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike is a leading provider of next-generation endpoint threat protection, intelligence, and services focused on defending organizations against cyber attacks. CrowdStrike Falcon® enables customers to detect and attribute advanced malware and adversary activity in real time, gain visibility into endpoint activities across platforms, and prevent damage from targeted attacks.

CrowdStrike customers include some of the largest blue chip companies in the financial services, energy, oil & gas, retail, and technology sectors.

To learn more, please visit http://www.crowdstrike.com.
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