Protegrity Names Silicon Valley Veteran Michael Howard as CEO | PR Newswire [Video]

Howard brings decades of leadership and experience across leading enterprises such as MariaDB, Veritas, and Oracle

, /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Protegrity, a global leader in data security and privacy, today announced Michael Howardas Chief Executive Officer. Marked by a proven track record of driving innovation and transforming businesses into global powerhouses. Howard’s experience across enterprise software, specializing in database management, cloud computing, security, machine learning and Generative AI will prove invaluable as he leads Protegrity into its next phase of growth. Most recently, Howard led groundbreaking software initiatives in Deep tech at RoadRunner Ventures Studio and in Text-to Analytics at Bodo.ai. Prior to this, Michael served as CEO at MariaDB, where he evolved MariaDB into a global brand, top 5 database, used by 75% of the Fortune 500, and reaching 60m+ users via Linux Distros. While Howard has become a fierce advocate of Open-Source and Source-Available licenses, he has years of experience leading proprietary product …