40-year tech veteran and founder to lead the company’s global growth
KnowBe4, the world-renowned cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, today announced it has hired experienced executive Keith Bird to lead KnowBe4’s global revenue efforts as executive vice president responsible for their international business in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Japan and Latin America. 
Bird is a 40-year technology veteran and business leader with over 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. He held senior leadership and executive roles at global companies including Proofpoint, F5, Symantec, Checkpoint, SonicWALL, Extreme Networks and EDS. Bird also founded and sold two technology companies. Prior to joining KnowBe4, Bird was an Operating Partner at Banyan where he led their European operations and investment portfolio of software company acquisitions, serving as a director on a number of their boards.
“Keith’s global experience in market growth and senior leadership roles uniquely positions him for this critical role,” said Bryan Palma, CEO, KnowBe4. “He has a track record of leading fast-growing companies through periods of expansion and we are ecstatic to welcome him to KnowBe4.”
Bird commented, “KnowBe4's leadership in the human risk management category combined with the team inspired me to join the company to help drive continued growth. I look forward to supporting our customers to achieve fantastic outcomes.”
For more information on KnowBe4 careers, visit https://www.knowbe4.com/careers.
About KnowBe4
KnowBe4 empowers workforces to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by over 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 helps to strengthen security culture and manage human risk. KnowBe4 offers a comprehensive AI-driven ‘best-of-suite’ platform for Human Risk Management, creating an adaptive defense layer that fortifies user behavior against the latest cybersecurity threats. The HRM+ platform includes modules for awareness & compliance training, cloud email security, real-time coaching, crowdsourced anti-phishing, AI Defense Agents, and more. As the only global security platform of its kind, KnowBe4 utilizes personalized and relevant cybersecurity protection content, tools and techniques to mobilize workforces to transform from the largest attack surface to an organization’s biggest asset. More at knowbe4.com.
