Mike DeGaetano

Chief Revenue Officer, Semperis

New York, New York, United States

About

As Chief Revenue Officer at Semperis, I contribute to advancing identity-driven cyber resilience solutions for hybrid identity environments. With extensive experience in cybersecurity and sales management, I focus on building high-performing teams and implementing strategies that ensure revenue growth while maintaining operational excellence. I am committed to mentoring sales leaders and individual contributors while driving organizational success through structured go-to-market strategies and a dedication to achieving business objectives.

Experience

  • Chief Revenue Officer at Semperis
    Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    Semperis is the pioneer of identity-driven cyber resilience for cross-cloud and hybrid environments. The company provides cyber preparedness, incident response, and disaster recovery solutions for enterprise directory services. Semperis’ patented technology for Microsoft Active Directory protects over 40 million identities from cyberattacks, data breaches, and operational errors.

  • Broadcom Software (2 yrs 5 mos)
    • Global Head of Sales - Symantec Enterprise Division
      Nov 2022 - Aug 2023 · 10 mos

      * Lead global cybersecurity Go-to-Market team including Sales, SEs, and Field Marketing

    • Vice President of Sales, Americas, Symantec Enterprise Division
      Apr 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

      * Responsible for building and leading the sales team focused on Symantec's SASE and Zero Trust platform, including Secure Web Gateway, Data Loss Prevention, Cloud Access Security Broker, Web Isolation, and Private Access - all Cloud First / Hybrid Ready

  • Vice President of Sales - East at Forcepoint
    Oct 2019 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

    * Led, managed, and scaled the enterprise and commercial sales team in the Eastern US consisting of 6 sales leaders and 38+ sales representatives. * Restructured go-to-market strategy to bring focus and productivity to the sales team resulting in 180% year-over-year new business revenue growth. * Developed East Success Plan focused on business results, customer & partner loyalty, employee engagement, and operational excellence. * SASE, Cloud Security, Zero Trust, Data Protection, Insider Risk

  • Area Sales Director, Northeast at Zscaler
    Sep 2016 - Oct 2019 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    * Led Northeast sales team, 8 sales reps, through pre- and post-IPO growth phase of Zscaler. * Achieved 70% ARR growth in 2 consecutive years * SaaS, SASE, Cloud Security, Zero Trust

  • District Manager, Global & National Accounts, NY/NJ Region at RSA, The Security Division of EMC
    Mar 2014 - Sep 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    * Led NY Metro based Global Account Management team * Advanced SOC, network security, Governance/Risk/Compliance, Identity & Access Management, and Fraud solutions.