Beth-Anne Bygum

Q2 Holdings announced the appointment of Beth-Anne Bygum as Chief Information Security Officer. Bygum is responsible for the company's global information protection, product and application security, enterprise IT security, cyber defense, and data protection strategy and services. She joins Q2's senior leadership team, reporting to the president.

According to the release, Q2 expanded its leadership team by appointing Himagiri Mukkamala as Chief Development Officer and Blair Williams as Chief Risk Officer alongside Bygum.

The company says Bygum has worked during her career with companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consulting, consumer packaged goods, technology and data science sectors. Bygum is a member of the National Technology Security Coalition and holds the Certified Business Continuity Professional designation, according to the release. At the NTSC, a non-profit and non-partisan advocacy group for CISOs, she helps advance policies to improve national cybersecurity awareness and standards, the release says. According to the company, at the time of the announcement Bygum was a board advisor to Forge Institute, a non-profit where she volunteered to provide resources in underserved communities and help transition military members into the civilian workforce. She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Rutgers University and a Master of Science in Management and Leadership from the University of La Verne, according to the release.

According to the release, Q2 provides digital banking and lending solutions to fintechs, alternative finance companies, credit unions and banks in the U.S. and internationally. The company says its solutions let customers onboard, serve and grow their corporate, small business and consumer clients. Q2 is based in Austin, Texas, has offices around the world and trades on the NYSE as QTWO, the release says.