Transforming How the World Innovates With AI and OSS

Bhagwat is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with nearly three decades of experience driving growth, innovation, and large-scale transformations at global high-tech companies. With a track record for strategic expansion and scaling revenue growth, he has extensive experience leading SaaS and cybersecurity businesses in both the public and private sectors, and spearheading multiple transformative M&A transactions. As the CEO of Sonatype, he leads with curiosity, clarity and conviction. He relentlessly pursues co-developing solutions with customers to ensure the highest level of confidence and efficiency when building with open source and AI.

Before joining Sonatype he served as President of Digital Security Solutions of Entrust, where he drove double-digit SaaS ARR growth, and implemented a platform strategy to capitalize on the shift to post-quantum and zero trust. Prior to that, he led a successful business turnaround and orchestrated the acquisition of OneLogin as President and GM of One Identity, and served as EVP and GM at Proofpoint, where he led the email security business and helped the company grow from $250M to more than $1B in ARR in under 5 years. Bhagwat began his career as a developer at Intel before shifting into leadership roles in enterprise software and cybersecurity at companies such as Symantec, NetApp and McKinsey.

Bhagwat is an active speaker with a deep understanding of cybersecurity, AI, open source, enterprise SaaS, and infrastructure software. He holds a BE degree from Delhi Institute of technology, a MS in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves on the Board of Directors for SoSafe, Board Advisor of Silicon Valley Education Foundation, and the Dean’s Advisory Board at Arizona State, School of ECEE.

Bhagwat resides in California along with his family and two energetic Labradoodles.

Brian Fox, CTO and co-founder of Sonatype, is a Governing Board Member for the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a Governing Board Member for the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Cyber and Technology Resilience Experts (CTREX) Panel, a member of the Apache Software Foundation and former Chair of the Apache Maven project.

Working with OpenSSF, Brian helped create The Open Source Consumption Manifesto, urging organizations to elevate awareness of open source usage. He also chaired efforts to provide official responses to requests for information from the The Office of the National Cybersecurity Directorate (ONCD) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Within the Atlantic Council’s Open Source Policy Network, Brian actively helps shape cybersecurity strategy, offering valuable insights on critical documents, such as ONCD’s recent National Cyber Security Strategy.

Brian has over 20 years of experience driving the vision behind, as well as developing and leading the development of software for organizations ranging from startups to large enterprises. Brian is a frequent speaker at national and regional events including Java User Groups and other security and development-related conferences.

As Chief Operating Officer, Craig is responsible for the management of strategic initiatives pertinent to the Company’s success. Craig collaborates with all departments to understand the impact of their highest priority initiatives and ensures alignment on delivery and continuous execution. Prior to this role he was Sonatype’s VP of Finance where he oversaw the Accounting, Finance and Sales Operations departments. Prior to joining Sonatype, Craig spent the majority of his career in the Baltimore office of PwC. Craig holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park

As General Counsel, Paul brings over 20 years of legal experience to Sonatype. Prior to Sonatype, Paul was the General Counsel for Spring Mobile Solutions, Inc. where he served as an officer of the multi-national company and managed all of its legal issues. Before joining Spring Mobile, Paul co-founded Mosaic Legal Group, PLLC, a boutique law firm located in Washington D.C. that focuses on corporate, transactional and intellectual property-related issues. Prior to Mosaic, Paul spent 7 years serving as Associate General Counsel and SVP of Legal Services for webMethods, Inc., a publicly traded software company that was acquired by Software AG in 2007. Paul began his legal career as an associate with international law firms Seyfarth Shaw LLP and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Paul holds a B.A. in History from Loyola College and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law.