As a Vice President of Engineering, Alex Kaplunov is responsible for all aspects of product development, research and technology leadership at Venafi. Alex brings over 20 years of experience in technology, static code analysis and application security.

Prior to joining Venafi, Alex held numerous leadership positions with companies such as IBM Rational Software, NVIDIA, Coverity, and most recently was Vice President of Engineering at Hewlett Packard responsible for research and development for Fortify Business Unit. While at HP Fortify, Alex was responsible for delivering multiple products and established numerous strategic partnerships. Under Alex’s leadership, Fortify was recognized as a leader and visionary by Gartner Magic Quadrant for Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST).

Mr. Kaplunov holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems from UOP.