Wendy Thomas is CEO of Secureworks. In this role, she leads Secureworks to fulfill its purpose of securing human progress via innovative, battle-tested security solutions. Wendy leverages more than 25 years of experience in strategic and functional leadership roles, including chief financial officer, chief product officer and vice president of strategy and M&A, and has worked across multiple technology-driven companies such as FirstData, BellSouth and Internap Network Services, Inc.

Prior to becoming CEO, Wendy served as Secureworks’ president of customer success, where she drove a customer-centric approach to help organizations achieve better security outcomes.

She is a graduate of the University of Virginia, with a double major in Economics and Foreign Affairs, and she holds an International MBA from the University of South Carolina School of Business. She currently serves on the Board at IonQ, an industry leader in quantum computing.