CrowdStrike revealed the appointment of Jonathon Dixon as the vice president and managing director for the JAPAC region. Leveraging over twenty-five years of experience in cybersecurity and IT leadership, Dixon will lead the AI-driven transformation of cybersecurity in JAPAC by expediting the adoption of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform.
Dixon is a skilled cybersecurity and IT professional with a demonstrated history of fostering sales growth, market expansion, and ecosystem development throughout JAPAC. Recently, as vice president and managing director for Japan and Asia-Pacific at Verkada, Dixon directed go-to-market (GTM) and operational teams, expanding Verkada’s market footprint throughout the region.
Before joining Verkada, Dixon held the position of vice president and managing director for Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China (APJC) at Cloudflare, where he led APJC to become the fastest growing region for the company.
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During his tenure with major global tech companies such as AWS, Cisco, and IBM, Dixon has managed multi-billion-dollar regional business divisions and achieved significant revenue increases through his go-to-market proficiency, channel expansion, and operational excellence.
Michael Sentonas, president of CrowdStrike says, “We are pleased to welcome Jonathon as we continue to build momentum across JAPAC. He brings a rare mix of regional insight and experience scaling businesses, which will be critical to our continued growth in the region."
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"JAPAC is an important growth theater as organizations modernize their security for the AI era. Under Jonathon’s leadership, we will continue to expand our presence across the region and support more organizations in strengthening their security posture, as traditional approaches struggle to keep pace with today’s threat landscape,” adds Michael.
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Dixon says, “CrowdStrike is leading cybersecurity in the AI era, delivering the game-changing technology that organizations throughout JAPAC need to secure a rapidly evolving threat landscape. I am thrilled to be joining CrowdStrike as the company continues to revolutionize cybersecurity and define AI-native platform protection.”