Forescout Expands Leadership Team, Names Two New Vice Presidents
CAMPBELL, Calif. — Feb. 19, 2014— Forescout Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of pervasive network security solutions for Global 2000 enterprises and government organizations, today announced that two new executives have joined the company – Paul Phillips, senior vice president, corporate and business development, and Darren Milliken, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate compliance officer.
“As we gear up to meet the demand for pervasive network security, we’re expanding our executive team with the addition of two key vice presidents to help scale corporate growth,” said Gord Boyce, CEO of Forescout. “I’m extremely pleased with these additions to my team as each possess key qualities that will help bolster the company for long-term success – experience, leadership, dynamic personality and a proven track record.”
Phillips will augment corporate and business development at Forescout. Prior to joining Forescout, he held senior management positions in the technology investment banking groups of Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. In his 20 plus year career in investment banking, he focused on the enterprise software sector and completed transactions for IBM, Microsoft, Checkpoint and Symantec, among others.
Milliken will build out legal capacity as general counsel and compliance officer for Forescout. Previously, Milliken was with Accuray for 10 years and most recently served as its senior vice president and general counsel. During his 20-year career, Milliken also held senior management positions at Sanmina-SCI Corp and Voyan Technology and was in private practice at the law firm of Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP.
Forescout offers network security solutions that enable the Global 2000 enterprises and government agencies to continuously monitor and mitigate security exposures and cybersecurity attacks. The company is positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant in the Gartner Inc. 2014 Magic Quadrant for Network Access Control1, and Frost & Sullivan has acclaimed the company as the largest independent NAC vendor and one that is growing the fastest in the market2.
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About Forescout Technologies, Inc.
Forescout delivers pervasive network security by allowing organizations to continuously monitor and mitigate security exposures and cyberattacks. The company’s CounterACT platform dynamically identifies and assesses all network users, endpoints and applications to provide visibility, intelligence and policy-based mitigation of security issues. Forescout’s open ControlFabric technology allows a broad range of IT security products and management systems to share information and automate remediation actions. Because Forescout’s solutions are easy to deploy, unobtrusive, flexible and scalable, they have been chosen by more than 1,500 enterprises and government agencies. Headquartered in Campbell, California, Forescout offers its solutions through its network of authorized partners worldwide. Learn more at www.forescout.com.
1 Gartner, Inc. “Magic Quadrant for Network Access Control,” report G00249599, December 12, 2013, Lawrence Orans.
2 Frost&Sullivan “Analysis of the Global Network Access Control Market,” report NC91-74, June, 2013.
Forescout Technologies, Inc. is a privately held Delaware corporation. Forescout, the Forescout logo and CounterACT® are trademarks of Forescout. Other names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners.