The RSA Executive Leadership Team
Fueling transformation and innovation for our customers, employees and partners.
Learn about our passionate and dedicated leaders.
Rohit Ghai
“Digital transformation is opening up new business models and growth opportunities for organizations. At the same time, it’s introducing significant risk into every aspect of the business. This is a critical time for organizations to seek out a trusted advisor that can support them through their digital and security transformations. It’s exciting to be part of a company that has a vision for the future, an innovative mindset and a long track record of helping organizations manage and protect their most valuable assets.”
Rohit Ghai is President of RSA, a Dell Technologies business focused on helping customers manage digital risk through Business-Driven Security™ solutions. He is responsible for all aspects of the business and accelerating growth by setting strategic direction and driving operational execution. He advises global customers on their digital and security transformation initiatives and is often cited in broadcast and print media on topics like data privacy, content management, information governance, digital risk and cybersecurity.
Ghai most recently served as president of Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division (ECD), where he was instrumental in setting a compelling vision, transforming go-to-market and revitalizing the portfolio for the digital era through strategic partnerships and acquisitions. Ghai was responsible for all aspects of the ECD business, including setting strategic vision, sales and services, channel strategy, product development, marketing, finance, support and customer success. He joined EMC in December 2009 to run product development and was chief operating officer of ECD prior to becoming president.
Ghai has experience in both startup and big company settings, with expertise in digital transformation in highly regulated markets, and knowledge across software, and systems and security. He joined Dell EMC from Symantec, where he held a variety of senior engineering and general management roles. Previously, he was at Computer Associates in a number of senior management roles in the BrightStor and eTrust business units, and led the CA India operations as chief technology officer. Ghai joined CA through the acquisition of Cheyenne Software – a startup in the backup and data protection space.
Ghai holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of South Carolina and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee.
Chris Dentiste
"Instead of telling customers what we think they should have, they tell us what they want, and we make it happen. That’s the way any business should run, and that approach is ingrained in our culture."
Chris Dentiste is responsible for all aspects of accounting, finance and operations for RSA and has more than 30 years of accounting, finance and M&A experience in the high-tech industry.
Dentiste joined Dell EMC in 2004 as a business unit controller and was promoted to vice president in 2011. Previously, he worked at Adaptec where he served in several senior finance and operational roles before being promoted to director of corporate finance and M&A. In this position, he was instrumental in transforming Adaptec by generating more than $200 million in new business. Prior to Adaptec, he held several influential positions in the high-tech industry.
Dentiste received his Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and earned his MBA from Santa Clara University.
Shawn Edwards
“Technology continues to propel entire industries through digital transformations, escalating digital risk, and changing the paradigm around vulnerabilities in our business. We stand at an inflection point in our digital evolution, where malicious or manipulative activity is spread in an instant. Cybersecurity is crucial to enable our hyperconnected world and propel human progress.”
Shawn Edwards serves as both the Chief Security Officer of RSA as well as Dell’s Head of Business Unit Security Organization. As CSO, Shawn holds key operational responsibility for cybersecurity incident response management, managing digital risk and partnering with business leaders across Dell to achieve their goals while balancing security and resiliency. Edwards’ primary vision, ensuring security & resiliency as a competitive differentiator, is achieved by enabling business opportunities while protecting customers and company. Shawn and his team are the conduit between the lines of business & the Security & Resiliency Organization.
Before joining Dell, Shawn served as the Vice President and Head of Cyber Defense at Visa. Shawn was instrumental in the transformation of Visa's Global Cyber Security program into an industry leader. He led key innovations in the areas of attack surface management, intelligence-driven cyber response, threat intelligence and counter threat and provided leadership in designing the overall cyber program. Shawn owned global operational responsibility for defending the enterprise which processes 65 billion transactions amounting to a total volume of $7.3 trillion annually. Shawn was a primary public speaker for Visa on maturing cybersecurity and managing related risk.
Edwards holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and several industry certifications.
Doug Howard
"Doug Howard leads and supports RSA’s Global Services Organization, which includes the Professional Services, Customer Support, RSA University, and the RSA Risk and Cybersecurity Practice inclusive of the RSA Advanced Cyber Defense (ACD) Practice and the world’s leading Incident Response (IR) Practice. Doug also provides leadership support for RSA’s strategic vision and global operational execution across the business."
Doug has more than twenty-five years of experience as a technology leader and innovator in security. He has held notable leadership roles in operations, engineering, business strategy development, marketing and sales, and other executive leadership positions such as COO at BT Counterpane, Chief Strategy Officer at Silversky/Perimeter eSecurity (now part of BAE), Vice President of Security and Business Continuity at AT&T, and CEO of SAVANTURE (now part of Blue Ally).
Ted Kamionek
"What’s kept me at RSA for 17 years? The opportunity to be a change agent and to play an instrumental role in driving new growth and big strategies at a company I love."
As head of global sales, Ted Kamionek is responsible for driving top-line revenue and expanding the customer base. He moved into his current position after serving as vice president of the global channel organization, where he led a large-scale channel transformation initiative. Prior to his role as global channel vice president, Ted held a variety of high-level, strategic positions inside RSA: He ran global operations, M&A and strategy, and business development. During that time, he oversaw the acquisitions of NetWitness, Archer, Cyota and Passmark. Ted joined RSA in 1999 in marketing.
Zulfikar Ramzan, PhD
"When I look at the Internet, I see all of the amazing things it has enabled people around the globe to do. It has offered unfettered access to the power of knowledge and provided economic resources to people who wouldn’t otherwise get them. You have to have confidence in that kind of world that you’re going to be safe online. If people are scared to use the web, nothing would get done. Innovation and paranoia are contradictory on so many levels. I don’t want people to operate like that."
As CTO, Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan leads the development of RSA’s technology strategy and is responsible for bringing to market innovations that protect customers from advanced cyber threats. He joined RSA in 2015 from Elastica, where he was CTO. Previously, he was Sourcefire’s chief scientist, and before that, technical director of Symantec’s Security Technology Response division. Zulfikar holds more than 50 patents and a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. His doctoral advisor was Professor Ronald L. Rivest, co-founder of RSA Data Security.
Holly Rollo
"This is an exciting time to join RSA. We're at a pivotal transformation point as a company and as an industry. As we embrace our own transformation, we're also trying to change the industry and the way enterprises think about security. This provides us with a great opportunity to connect with new audiences and better serve our markets’ and customers’ biggest security challenges."
Holly brings 25 years of marketing experience in the enterprise technology industry to RSA. Before joining the company in 2016, she served as chief marketing officer at Fortinet and as vice president of corporate marketing at FireEye. She also previously held senior marketing positions with SuccessFactors and SumTotal Systems. Additionally, she has worked for Cisco, SAP and IBM/Tivoli in marketing and strategic planning roles.
Mignonette Silot-Chang
“The key to employee engagement is inspirational leadership based on a culture of trust. It brings out the best in our team members and enables them to deliver on our commitments to our customers each and every day.”
Mignonette was named vice president of HR at RSA in March 2018, after serving as a VP of HR for Dell Technologies—a position she had held since September 2016. In her role with RSA, Mignonette is responsible for the organization’s end-to-end talent strategy, with a focus on talent and leadership development, succession planning and corporate culture. At Dell Technologies, Mignonette was part of the team that created the company’s new culture code following Dell’s acquisition of EMC. Prior to Dell Technologies, she held several leadership positions in HR at EMC for 10 years and has more than 25 years of HR experience, mainly in the IT industry.
Matt Sherrill
“Balancing the complexity of security against the fast-paced digital transformation of today’s organizations, we deliver world-class enterprise solutions. Protecting customers is in our DNA.”
Matt is RSA’s Managing Legal Director, responsible for overseeing corporate and commercial transactions in addition to leading corporate legal initiatives. Matt also advises senior management on company strategies and direction.
Matt joined RSA in 2010. Prior to RSA, Matt was an attorney at Posternak, Blankstein & Lund LLP in Boston. And Matt began his legal career at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP in Boston. Matt earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of North Carolina School of Law.