Executive record
Pritesh Parekh
Career profile: Pritesh Parekh on CISO Spotlights ↗
Pritesh Parekh is Chief Information Security Officer at PagerDuty. The appointment was announced on October 1, 2024, per Business Wire.
The seat was verified again on October 19, 2026, per pagerduty.com.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Background
Pritesh Parekh's professional background as PagerDuty leadership page ↗ states it, read November 10, 2026.
Pritesh Parekh is the Chief Information Security Officer at PagerDuty, where he leads the security organization. His responsibilities include product security operations securing the company's technology and products. He also oversees and supports security needs in corporate development, sales, compliance and IT teams.
Parekh has more than 20 years of experience developing enterprise security programs. Before joining PagerDuty, he was the chief trust and security officer and SVP of Engineering at Delphix. Earlier, he led global security and compliance programs at Dell, Zuora and ServiceNow. His experience spans cloud security, DevSecOps, compliance, security engineering and risk management across financial institutions, SaaS and cloud providers.
He received the North America Information Security Executive of the Year award in 2017. He holds a master's degree in computer science and an MBA from California State University, Fresno.
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Pritesh Parekh, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
The appointment
Announced October 1, 2024 · Source: Business Wire (company announcement) ↗ · Move record
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.
The company: PagerDuty
- Sector
- Technology
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at PagerDuty: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Annual report
- Cybersecurity section of the fiscal 2026 Form 10-K, filed March 12, 2026
- Board oversight
- Named in the filing: audit committee.
Appointed in the same period
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Dane Stuckey, Chief Information Security Officer at OpenAI
Jason Lord, Chief Information Security Officer at AutoRABIT
Alexis Wales, Chief Information Security Officer at GitHub
Alicia Lynch, Chief Information Security Officer at TD SYNNEX
Lea Kissner, Chief Information Security Officer at LinkedIn
Ryan Weeks, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Vimeo
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- 2 years 1 month since the appointment was announced (October 1, 2024), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 30, 2026
How these are counted. Time in the seat: Counted in whole months from the announcement of the appointment, the date the record holds; announcements rarely give a start date.
Questions about Pritesh Parekh
- Who is the CISO of PagerDuty?
- Pritesh Parekh is Chief Information Security Officer at PagerDuty. The appointment was announced on October 1, 2024, per Business Wire.
- When did Pritesh Parekh become CISO of PagerDuty?
- The appointment was announced on October 1, 2024, per Business Wire. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
Sources
- 1.Business Wire (company announcement) ↗: the appointment at PagerDuty, October 1, 2024
- 2.PagerDuty leadership page ↗: professional background, read November 10, 2026
- 3.SEC EDGAR: Form 10-K, fiscal 2026 ↗: the company's cybersecurity disclosure
- 4.CISO Spotlights career profile ↗: a fuller career profile on a sister site
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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