KnowBe4 Appoints Andrew Kanzer as Chief Growth Officer

TAMPA BAY, FL | Aug 4, 2026

FinTech veteran joins leadership team to accelerate growth, extend the channel and support the industry leader’s next phase of innovation

KnowBe4, the global leader in digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans, today announced the appointment of Andrew Kanzer as chief growth officer. Reporting directly to chief executive officer, Bryan Palma, Kanzer will lead the organization’s overarching global go-to-market strategy, commanding cross-functional alignment to accelerate sustainable market growth.

Andrew Kanzer

A seasoned systems thinker with a founder's instincts, Kanzer brings over two decades of experience in optimizing and scaling global software organizations. He has a proven track record of transforming traditional sales operations into highly agile, platform-selling engines and navigating complex market expansions.

"Andrew has spent his career proving that global organizations can grow with the speed and disruption of a startup," said Bryan Palma, CEO at KnowBe4. “His relentless drive and operational vision will be key as we extend our market leadership position."

Most recently, Kanzer served as managing director at Xero, the global cloud accounting platform. Prior to that, he led Intuit's Mid Market and Financial Services Sales organizations, and held the vice president global SMB and mid market sales position at PayPal.

"The intersection of human behavior, AI agents, and cybersecurity is the most exciting frontier in tech today," said Andrew Kanzer, newly appointed chief growth officer at KnowBe4. "KnowBe4 is already the market leader and I look forward to leveraging data-driven sales architectures and innovative go-to-market strategies to help organizations globally secure their digital workforces."

As KnowBe4 redefines the agentic cybersecurity industry, Kanzer’s strategic leadership will be vital for driving into new markets, accelerating customer outcomes, and extending KnowBe4’s market leadership.

About KnowBe4

KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15 years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.