Veza Strengthens Channel Strategy and Accelerates Global Go-to-Market Efforts with Ecosystems Leadership

Cybersecurity Industry Veteran Tom Barsi Joins Veza as Senior Vice President of Global Ecosystems and Alliances

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veza, the leader in identity security, announced the appointment of Tom Barsi as senior vice president of Global Ecosystems and Alliances. In this role, Barsi will lead Veza’s global channel strategy, expanding partnerships with resellers, global systems integrators (SIs), MSSPs, tech alliances, and cloud service providers to accelerate the company’s go-to-market efforts.

Barsi brings over 25 years of experience in strategic alliances, global channels, and business development roles within the cybersecurity industry, helping public and private organizations build high performing partner ecosystems.

“I am thrilled to join the Veza team and help propel its success in addressing a massive identity security market opportunity,” said Barsi. “Veza’s proven product-market fit and customer traction represents a no-brainer opportunity for our partner community. Our strategy will underscore the critical role partners play in delivering risk management solutions and make identity a cornerstone of security. Together, partners and Veza will help customers scale and modernize their approach to identity while enhancing user experience as well as reducing risk.”

Most recently, Barsi led Cortex Global Ecosystems at Palo Alto Networks, where he was responsible for developing and managing Cortex’s global routes to market. Prior to that, he was at Expanse, the world’s leading attack surface management platform. Barsi also held senior leadership positions at VMware and Carbon Black, where he oversaw strategic alliances and business development. Additionally, he has served in executive roles at Proofpoint – as executive vice president of business development and global channels – and other leading cybersecurity organizations.

“We are thrilled to welcome Tom to Veza at a pivotal moment in our company’s growth as we help organizations with identity security and IAM transformation initiatives,” said Tarun Thakur, co-founder and CEO at Veza. “His extensive experience in building and scaling high-impact channel programs and alliances will be instrumental as we continue to expand our partner-first strategy and deliver identity security solutions to organizations worldwide.”

Barsi’s appointment reinforces Veza’s commitment to fostering a strong channel-driven approach, empowering partners to leverage Veza’s platform for identity security use cases including cloud PAM, next-gen IGA, ISPM, IAM hygiene, SaaS security, data system access, and non-human identity (NHI) management.

For more information on Veza’s channel program, visit www.veza.com.

About Veza

Veza is the leader in identity security, helping organizations secure access across the enterprise. Veza’s Access Platform goes beyond identity governance and administration (IGA) tools to visualize, monitor, and control entitlements so that organizations can stay compliant, achieve least privilege, and de-risk the breach. Global enterprises like Wynn Resorts, Expedia, and Blackstone trust Veza to manage identity security use cases, including privileged access monitoring, non-human identity (NHI) security, access entitlement management, data system access, SaaS access security, IAM hygiene, identity security posture management (ISPM), and next-generation IGA. Founded in 2020, Veza is headquartered in Los Gatos, California, and is funded by Accel, Bain Capital, Ballistic Ventures, Google Ventures (GV), Norwest Venture Partners, and True Ventures. Visit us at www.veza.com and follow us on LinkedIn, X, and YouTube.