BlackBerry has appointed Barry Mainz, the current Chief Executive Officer of Forescout Technologies, to its Board of Directors.
Mainz brings 30 years of technology industry experience to BlackBerry’s board, having previously served as President of Wind River Systems, Chief Operating Officer of Malwarebytes, and CEO of MobileIron.
His background spans executive leadership, global sales, marketing, product-led growth, and product development.
“We’re very pleased to announce Barry’s appointment and the further strengthening of the BlackBerry board,” said Dick Lynch, Board Chair.
“Barry brings to BlackBerry a unique combination of relevant strategic, operating and go-to-market experience from across the security software industry – from embedded software, to network security to unified endpoint management.”
With Mainz’s appointment, BlackBerry has expanded its board to eight members, seven of whom are independent directors.
The new director has also held leadership roles at Mercury Interactive and Sun Microsystems, and has served as an Operating Partner at Crosspoint Capital.
Mainz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from San Francisco State University.
“I’m honoured to join the BlackBerry Board of Directors at a moment when the company’s leadership in Secure by Design technologies has never been more critical, said Mainz.
“We’re seeing both strong growth in the deployment of high-performance, safety-critical software at the edge and a significant increase in breaches targeting non-traditional connected devices from automotive systems to medical devices to aerospace and defence. BlackBerry’s QNX platform and secure communications expertise is critical in both powering and securing the next wave of these non-traditional connected devices.”
