Karl Van den Bergh

Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year | Senior Executive | Investor | Board Member | Driving Growth and Innovation in Analytics, Security and Cloud

San Francisco Bay Area

About

As an accomplished Senior Executive with a 25-year track record of building high-performing teams, products, and businesses, I bring a global perspective to all my endeavors. With leadership roles in both early-stage startups and $1B+ tech companies across US, Europe and Asia, I've held leadership roles in Marketing, Product and as a GM in Cloud, Analytics and Cybersecurity businesses.

Experience

  • Chief Market Officer at Illumio
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Seed Investor at EnergyX
    Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

  • Seed Investor at Presso®
    Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Chief Marketing Officer at Gigamon
    Jan 2019 - Jan 2025 · 6 yrs 1 mo

    Responsible for all aspects of Marketing, from strategy to execution. Repositioned the company and helped accelerate growth to become the leader in the high-growth Deep Observability market. Helped the company's transition to a cloud-based, recurring-revenue model, with the cloud business growing triple digits. Refactored the demand engine on first year of arrival, growing 6X the contribution to the business, winning the prestigious Forrester/SiriusDecisions award for this transformation. Increased the efficiency of Marketing, doubling the ROI over the last few years. Elevated and modernized the brand. Recognized as the Cybsersecurity Marketer of the Year in 2023 and 2024 for work at Gigamon.

  • Board Member at iKydz
    Sep 2017 - Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 8 mos