Proofpoint, Inc. announced that Sumit Dhawan has been appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately. Rémi Thomas, Proofpoint?s chief financial officer, who has been acting as Proofpoint?s interim CEO since October 25th, will continue to serve as the company?s CFO. Dhawan is a highly respected and seasoned technology leader with a proven track record of building market-leading security, cloud, and end-user computing businesses.

In his most recent role as president of VMware, Dhawan was responsible for driving over $13B of revenue and led the company?s go-to-market functions including worldwide sales, customer success and experience, strategic ecosystem, industry solutions, marketing, and communications. Before that, he was chief executive officer of Instart, a cybersecurity business delivering innovations in web application security services. He has held senior executive and general management roles at both VMware and Citrix and has successfully established category-leading businesses at scale.