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RSA Announces Key Executive Hires to Accelerate Fraud & Risk Intelligence Business

New Leadership Brings 50 Years of Combined Industry Experience Innovating in Identity, Payments Fraud and Cybersecurity Solutions

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RSA, the leader in cybersecurity and risk management solutions, today announced Armen Najarian, Leah Evanski, and Dan Welch as three new additions to the Fraud & Risk Intelligence executive team. All three now report directly to Reed Taussig, Chief Executive Officer of the RSA Fraud & Risk Intelligence business.

Armen Najarian, Chief Marketing Officer is a 15-year Silicon Valley veteran with deep experience leading the marketing function for fast-growing fraud prevention, predictive analytics, and cybersecurity companies. His most recent leadership roles include CMO positions at Agari and ThreatMetrix, the latter of which he established as the definitive category leader for digital identity solutions.

Leah Evanski, Global Head of Business Development & Strategic Alliances has spent her career building successful teams in sales, channels, strategy, product management and services. She brings a wealth of go-to-market experience in data, analytics, identity and fraud decisioning, having led teams at FICO, Experian, BioCatch and ThreatMetrix.

Dan Welch, Vice President of Global Client Services is an award-winning executive whose tenured experience in the cybersecurity space includes leadership roles at ThreatMetrix and Adara. Dan began his career in field sales, then migrated to technical roles in product management and engineering. He has spent the last 20 years focused on managing client services leading to multiple successful exits.

“Since joining RSA in December of 2020, job number one has been to establish a leadership team of proven fraud prevention and digital identity executives,” said Taussig. “With Armen, Leah and Dan now on board, we have assembled some of the industry’s most respected veterans with a track record of delivering exponential growth.”

For more information on the RSA Fraud & Risk Intelligence Suite, please click here.

About RSA

RSA, the leader in cybersecurity and risk management solutions, provides organizations with technology to address challenges across security, risk management and fraud prevention in the digital era. RSA solutions are designed to effectively detect and respond to advanced attacks; manage user access control; and reduce operational risk, fraud and cybercrime. RSA protects millions of users around the world and helps more than 90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies thrive and continuously adapt to transformational change.

Contacts

David Pedersen
David.Pedersen@rsa.com
415.515.9925

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RSA today announced Armen Najarian, Leah Evanski, and Dan Welch as three new additions to the Fraud & Risk Intelligence executive team.
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David Pedersen
David.Pedersen@rsa.com
415.515.9925

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