Operational Resilience: Nozomi Networks CEO Edgard Capdevielle & SVP of Finance George Todd, Live at RSAC 2025
Tech Edge hosted a fireside chat on April 30 at RSAC 2025 in San Francisco with Edgard Capdevielle, Chief Executive Officer, and George Todd, Senior Vice President of Finance at Nozomi Networks. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-at-Large Jarrett Banks and they discussed the importance of protecting critical infrastructure from cyber threats, the use of AI-powered analysis for effective incident response, among other topics.
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About Edgard Capdevielle
Edgard brings an extensive background in successfully managing and expanding markets for both start-ups and established technology companies to his role as CEO. Previously he was Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Imperva, where he led teams that made the company's web and data security products leaders in their space. Prior to that he was a key executive at storage companies Data Domain and EMC. Focused on developing Nozomi Networks' global business, Edgard's tremendous passion, energy, vision and drive-to-win is being brought to bear on guiding Nozomi Networks to its next stage of development. Edgard has a MBA from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.
About George Todd
George brings more than 17 years of financial leadership to Nozomi Networks, having successfully guided the strategic growth of startup technology companies as well as large public companies. Before joining Nozomi Networks, he was Chief Accounting Officer at Inflection. At Inflection, George helped guide the company's go-to-market expansion and lead the company's successful exit in Q2 2022. Prior to Inflection, George held leadership roles at Esurance and PwC. During his time at Esurance, he scaled the finance team and led the integration with Esurance's parent company, Allstate. At PwC, George helped his large public company clients solve some of their most complex business and financial issues. George is a CPA and holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from Lehigh University.
About Nozomi Networks
Nozomi Networks protects the world's critical infrastructure from cyber threats. Our platform uniquely combines network and endpoint visibility, threat detection, and AI-powered analysis for faster, more effective incident response. Customers rely on us to minimize risk and complexity while maximizing operational resilience. www.nozominetworks.com
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