Imperva has named David Holmes as the new chief technology officer of Imperva Application Security.
“David’s deep expertise in cybersecurity and his visionary approach to tackling today’s most pressing security challenges is invaluable as we continue to innovate and strengthen our offerings,” said Imperva’s Nanhi Singh. “His track record of driving industry thought leadership and his hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies make him the perfect leader to help our customers stay ahead of evolving threats.”
Holmes has over 25 years of experience in security and product engineering. He joins Imperva after a career as an industry analyst and cybersecurity thought leader. Most recently, as principal research analyst at Forrester Research, Holmes partnered with clients worldwide, providing strategic insights that redefined their approach to cybersecurity. He has authored numerous papers on network security, application security, SASE, DDoS, cryptography, and zero trust.
Before Forrester Research, Holmes developed and sold application security and bot management solutions at Shape Security and F5 Networks. He held a number of roles during his tenure with F5 Networks, including threat research evangelist, worldwide security evangelist, technical marketing manager, and principal software engineer. Holmes was instrumental in advancing SSL technology and cryptographic acceleration and contributed to security components such as OpenSSH, FIPS 140, and various authentication plugins.
“As an analyst, I was very familiar with Imperva and its industry-leading solutions,” said Holmes. “I look forward to expanding on this heritage to help our customers protect their applications and APIs amidst the growing complexity of modern application architectures.”
Holmes will report to Nanhi Singh, chief customer officer and general manager of the application security business unit.
