Walnut Creek, California, United States, April 2025 — Ajay Nawani has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of SharkStriker Inc, a global cybersecurity and compliance services provider. His appointment marks a significant milestone for the company as it embarks on an accelerated growth path to address evolving cybersecurity and regulatory challenges across global markets.
With over 29 years of leadership experience, Ajay Nawani brings deep domain expertise in cybersecurity, presales, product innovation, and go-to-market strategy. His previous roles span prestigious firms like Sophos, Cyberoam, and YOU Broadband, where he has delivered transformational results.
At Sophos, he served as Director of Sales Engineering – EMEA (Emerging), where he played a crucial role in driving global adoption of network, endpoint, cloud, and email security solutions. He also advanced MDR and incident response services by closely collaborating with partners and product teams to solve complex cyber threats.
Before this, as Vice President at Cyberoam, Ajay was instrumental in steering the company’s global presales organization and product enhancements. Under his leadership, Cyberoam earned a coveted spot in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. He also launched the Cyberoam Global Academy, partnering with over 40 universities to help bridge the cybersecurity talent gap worldwide.
Earlier in his career, he led data center operations at YOU Broadband, then owned by British Gas, strengthening his foundational knowledge of telecom infrastructure and IT operations.
Commenting on the appointment, a SharkStriker spokesperson said, “We were in search of someone who is an extraordinaire in sales expertise, innovation, and leadership… Ajay has a magnificent track record of leading world-class cybersecurity companies for almost three decades. His holistic experience in multiple aspects of the business will serve as a key catalyst to SharkStriker’s growth, spreading paradigm-shifting waves across the globe.”
Accepting his new role, Ajay Nawani said, “It is an honor to join such a dynamic organization that has rapidly earned a reputation for its innovative human-led, tech-driven, holistic cybersecurity services. I am thrilled to work with a talented team. Together, we will embark on a journey to help organizations worldwide securely carve their growth path free from cyber threats and non-compliance.”
At SharkStriker Inc, Ajay will focus on strengthening the company’s global presence, enhancing its Striego platform capabilities, and guiding strategic initiatives to simplify cybersecurity for enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) around the world.
SharkStriker Inc
Founded with a vision to be the “orca whale” of cybersecurity—resilient and feared by threats—SharkStriker Inc offers a wide range of compliance-driven, human-led cybersecurity services. With operations in over 30 countries, the company provides end-to-end solutions including MDR, XDR, SIEM-as-a-Service, SOC-as-a-Service, cloud & IoT security, and compliance management for global regulations like GDPR, PCI-DSS, SAMA, and ISO 27001.
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