Pritesh Parekh named Chief Information Security Officer at PagerDuty

PagerDuty announced the appointment of Pritesh Parekh as Chief Information Security Officer on October 1, 2024. He brings over 20 years of technology leadership experience from Delphix, Dell, Zuora and ServiceNow, and will lead PagerDuty's security organization.

Business Wire reports that PagerDuty announced Parekh's appointment together with that of Rukmini Reddy as Senior Vice President of Engineering. According to the release, the security organization is responsible for product security operations and for securing PagerDuty's technology and products. According to the release, PagerDuty is expanding its senior leadership with these appointments. According to the release, the security organization Parekh leads also supports the IT, compliance, sales and corporate development teams at PagerDuty.

At Delphix, Parekh served as SVP of Engineering and as chief trust and security officer, the company's leadership page says. Dark Reading reports that in 2017 he received the title North America Information Security Executive of the Year. He earned an MBA and a master's degree in computer science from California State University, Fresno, according to Dark Reading. Earlier, he led global compliance and security programs at ServiceNow, Zuora and Dell, the company's leadership page says. Parekh is the holder of seven US patents for technology innovations, Dark Reading reports.

The release says the PagerDuty Operations Cloud pairs a generative AI assistant with Incident Management, Customer Service Operations, Automation and AIOps. According to the company, nearly 70% of the Fortune 100 and half of the Fortune 500 rely on PagerDuty as infrastructure. The release says the PagerDuty Operations Cloud uses AI and automation to detect disruptive events, mobilize team members to respond, and streamline workflows and infrastructure.