{"id":56017,"date":"2021-11-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=56017"},"modified":"2021-12-01T12:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T17:59:55","slug":"jumpcloud-appoints-amol-kulkarni-to-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/press\/jumpcloud-appoints-amol-kulkarni-to-board-of-directors","title":{"rendered":"JumpCloud Appoints Amol Kulkarni to Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Kulkarni, Chief Engineering &amp; Product Officer of CrowdStrike, joins JumpCloud as an independent director&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOUISVILLE, Colo. \u2013 Nov. 2, 2021 \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JumpCloud<\/a> today announced Amol Kulkarni, chief product and engineering officer at CrowdStrike, is joining the JumpCloud board of directors as an independent director. Kulkarni brings a wealth of cybersecurity experience to the JumpCloud board at a pivotal moment for the company. JumpCloud recently <a href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/press\/seriesfclose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raised $225M in its Series F<\/a> as IT teams around the world adopt its cloud directory platform to solve growing identity and access challenges. Security is top of mind for these organizations as threats multiply and legacy directories like Microsoft\u2019s Active Directory are regularly breached by cyber criminals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmol\u2019s deep security knowledge and ability to scale a massive engineering and product organization will be extremely valuable as we expand our product footprint and grow JumpCloud\u2019s presence around the world,\u201d said Rajat Bhargava, co-founder and CEO of JumpCloud. \u201cSecurity threats, hybrid work, and the limits of Active Directory are top of mind for our customers who are hungry for the modern platform that JumpCloud is building. Amol has exactly the right knowledge to help us effectively scale the business and deliver a product that solves today\u2019s security challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLegacy systems like Active Directory aren\u2019t able to protect organizations against modern security threats,\u201d said Kulkarni. \u201cIt\u2019s time the world adopts an authentication architecture that is actually secure by default. I am thrilled to support JumpCloud as we deliver against the vision of a modern directory platform that simplifies how IT teams secure their organizations and implement Zero Trust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kulkarni leads CrowdStrike\u2019s product and engineering, with responsibility for the definition and delivery of CrowdStrike\u2019s product and platform vision and roadmap. With this vision as their foundation, Kulkarni and his global team develop and deliver cutting-edge and user-friendly products to protect customers and stay ahead of adversaries. Kulkarni\u2019s dedication to building a culture based on bottom-up innovation and collaboration results in a true \u201cone team\u201d approach to cybersecurity. He also developed CrowdStrike\u2019s Software Development Lifecycle to spur customer-focused innovations while ensuring adherence to long-term architecture and design parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About JumpCloud<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JumpCloud\u2019s mission is to Make Work Happen<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> by providing people secure access to the resources they need to do their jobs. The JumpCloud Directory Platform gives IT, security operations, and DevOps a single, cloud-based solution to control and manage employee identities, their devices, and apply Zero Trust principles. JumpCloud has a global user base of more than 120,000 organizations, with nearly 5,000 customers including Cars.com, GoFundMe, Grab, ClassPass, Uplight, Beyond Finance, and Foursquare. JumpCloud<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> has raised over $400M and is backed by world-class investors including Sapphire Ventures, General Atlantic, and Whale Rock, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amol Kulkarni of CrowdStrike joins JumpCloud as an independent director\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":55551,"template":"","press_category":[],"funnel_stage":[],"coauthors":[2534],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>JumpCloud Appoints Amol Kulkarni to Board of Directors - JumpCloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn more about Amol Kulkarni and his recent appointment as an independent director to the Board of Directors at JumpCloud.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/press\/jumpcloud-appoints-amol-kulkarni-to-board-of-directors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JumpCloud Appoints Amol Kulkarni to Board of Directors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn more about Amol Kulkarni and his recent appointment as an independent director to the Board of Directors at JumpCloud.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/press\/jumpcloud-appoints-amol-kulkarni-to-board-of-directors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JumpCloud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-01T17:59:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pasted-image-0.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"Josie Judy\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/press\/jumpcloud-appoints-amol-kulkarni-to-board-of-directors\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/press\/jumpcloud-appoints-amol-kulkarni-to-board-of-directors\",\"name\":\"JumpCloud Appoints Amol Kulkarni to Board of Directors - 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