Horizon3.ai Appoints Matt Hartley as Chief Revenue Officer to Spearhead Growth Initiatives

With a robust background in sales and cybersecurity, Matt Hartley joins Horizon3.ai at a crucial phase to help drive the company’s global expansion and reinforce its market leadership in autonomous security solutions

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Horizon3.ai, a leading provider of autonomous security solutions, today announced the appointment of Matt Hartley as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), effective immediately.

Hartley brings over 20 years of sales and operations excellence with a proven track record of building go-to-market (GTM) teams that achieve rapid scale and predictability across the revenue lifecycle. He is a growth-minded leader passionate about helping customers leverage technology to generate demonstrable business value. His extensive experience in cybersecurity and managing sales organizations in mid-stage companies is unmatched.

Matt joins Horizon3.ai during a period of rapid expansion, driven by its pioneering role as the premier provider of autonomous penetration testing solutions. This innovation empowers IT, cybersecurity, and Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) to minimize security risks effortlessly and continuously. NodeZero™ assists in identifying exploitable vulnerabilities, provides precise recommendations for prioritizing and addressing these issues, and facilitates immediate validation of the effectiveness of their remedies.

“What attracted me most to Horizon3.ai was the democratization of offense-informing-defense strategies for customers of all sizes and markets, not just the largest firms with extensive cybersecurity teams,” said Matt. “Horizon3.ai provides even the smallest organizations with tools to prioritize their actual security risks and to validate if they've truly remediated those gaps. This Find-Fix-Verify approach is fundamentally changing how organizations manage their security posture. To help bring this innovation to market, Horizon3.ai works with trusted partners across sales channels, service delivery teams, and MSP/MSSPs, which are critical for meeting the rapidly growing global demand for NodeZero.”

Matt is incredibly passionate about the Horizon3.ai NodeZero platform and the problems it solves for both public and private entities. He believes the company represents a once-in-a-career opportunity and is looking forward to helping scale the GTM motion and organization as the company continues to reach new heights in the cybersecurity industry.

“Having partnered with Horizon3.ai since its inception, we are confident that Matt’s pivotal role will further accelerate their sales growth. Known for his strong operational skills, we have every confidence in Matt's capability to lead the company through its next phase of development. Matt's appointment to the leadership team strengthens Horizon3.ai's position as a top-tier cybersecurity provider,” shared Ilya Kirnos, Board Member - SignalFire

“Matt is perfectly suited to join Horizon3.ai as CRO at this transformative moment. He brings a strong track record of revenue maximization and strategic partnership cultivation,” shared Michael Robinson, Board Member - Craft Ventures. “As we forge ahead, Matt's visionary leadership will accelerate Horizon3.ai's hypergrowth trajectory and further cement the company as a leading force of innovation in cybersecurity.”

Driven by its consistent revenue growth, Horizon3.ai is actively increasing its workforce in all areas, including additional key leadership roles. The company expressed sincere thanks to Bob Cariddi, the former CRO, who led all GTM initiatives through this tremendous growth period before moving on to a key advisory role within the company.

Horizon3.ai's CEO and Co-founder, Snehal Antani, remarked, “Matt is stepping into a strategic and challenging operational role where he is unmatched. His addition significantly strengthens our leadership team. Following our $40M Series C funding in August 2023, the demand for NodeZero has surged exponentially. With this growth, it's crucial to expand our global GTM teams now, and we are confident in Matt's leadership to lead this expansion.”

Hartley's appointment continues his role in leading key growth aspects for companies with solutions that are widely adopted by Fortune 1000 organizations and targeted sectors. Prior to joining Horizon3.ai, Matt served as the Chief Revenue Officer at HYPR, a leader in phishing-resistant authentication, and at iboss, a company focused on SASE/SSE. Before iboss, he was a sales leader at Forescout, where he built their US Federal unit and later scaled the business as the VP of Americas Sales. Earlier, he was General Manager at Optio Labs, head of Federal sales at MobileIron, and held regional sales positions at various technology companies.

About Horizon3.ai

The NodeZero™ platform empowers organizations to continuously find, fix, and verify exploitable attack surfaces. It is the flagship product of Horizon3.ai, founded in 2019 by former industry and U.S. National Security veterans. Our mission is to help organizations see their networks through the eyes of the attacker and proactively fix problems that truly matter, improve the effectiveness of their security initiatives, and ensure that they are prepared to respond to real cyberattacks.

Additional Resources:

Visit https://www.horizon3.ai/ for a free trial.

Follow Horizon3.ai: LinkedIn and on X, formerly known as Twitter.