HackerOne is making significant changes to its leadership team with the appointment of Stephanie Furfaro as Chief Revenue Officer and Stacy Leidwinger as Chief Marketing Officer. This strategic move is aimed at propelling the company's growth and bolstering its innovation in the expanding field of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM).
These appointments are part of HackerOne's strategy to enhance its global influence, with a focus on adapting to the increasing challenges posed by autonomous and AI-driven threats.
Executive backgrounds and roles
Furfaro will oversee all global revenue activities, primarily focusing on sales, customer success, and partnerships
Furfaro will oversee all global revenue activities, primarily focusing on sales, customer success, and partnerships to drive growth and maximise customer value worldwide. With more than two decades of experience in scaling software ventures, her track record includes leading significant revenue growth and strategic transformations at Rapid7, DigitalOcean, Allaire, Macromedia, and Adobe.
Leidwinger, on the other hand, is tasked with managing global marketing functions, including brand strategy, product marketing, and sales development. Her experience in cybersecurity marketing, notably as Chief Marketing Officer at Secureworks, positions her well to guide HackerOne's narrative and growth trajectory. Her expertise in AI and large language models, honed at IBM, further strengthens her ability to refine value messaging and boost demand metrics.
Adapting to AI-led threats
Addressing the challenges of an increasingly AI-driven threat landscape, Furfaro highlighted the importance of integrating human expertise with cutting-edge AI.
She expressed eagerness to expand HackerOne's partner network and assist organisations in proactively managing risks. Leidwinger echoed this sentiment, emphasising the need to adapt security measures to the changing threat environment and the unique advantages offered by CTEM.
Organizational impact and growth
Sprague emphasised the matter of Furfaro's and Leidwinger's oversight in girding HackerOne's market plans
Kara Sprague, CEO of HackerOne, commented on the timing of these appointments, noting their potential impact on the company and its readiness to confront new cybersecurity challenges.
Sprague emphasised the importance of Furfaro's and Leidwinger's leadership in strengthening HackerOne's market strategies and expanding the company's CTEM value proposition to a broader client base.
Recent developments in AI and security
HackerOne's announcements follow a year of strong performance, marked by developments in its AI capabilities. The company's AI platform, Hai, has transitioned to a more advanced agentic system complemented by the launch of HackerOne Code. This platform enhancement has allowed 90% of customers to accelerate vulnerability detection effectively.
Additionally, HackerOne's bug bounty initiatives paid out $81 million in rewards, highlighting the platform's impact. The establishment of the Technology Alliance Program further emphasises HackerOne's commitment to connecting top technology providers with its AI-driven platform.
HackerOne, a pioneer in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), now announced two strategic executive appointments to accelerate the company’s next phase of growth and innovation in the rapidly expanding threat exposure management category.
Stephanie Furfaro joins as Chief Revenue Officer and Stacy Leidwinger as Chief Marketing Officer, bringing deep go-to-market expertise to scale HackerOne’s impact across enterprises worldwide. Together, they will strengthen execution across sales, customer success, partnerships, and marketing to help organisations stay ahead of an increasingly autonomous and AI-driven threat landscape.
Prior roles of Furfaro
Furfaro will lead all global revenue-generating functions, spanning sales, customer success, and partnerships, to accelerate growth and deliver greater value for customers worldwide. Leidwinger will oversee global marketing functions, including brand, product marketing, growth marketing, channel and field marketing, and sales development, unifying HackerOne’s storytelling and demand engine to support the company’s expanding market presence.
Furfaro brings more than 25 years of experience scaling high-growth software companies and transforming global go-to-market strategies. She is known for building enduring customer relationships and high-impact channel partnerships that drive measurable business outcomes. Previously, Furfaro served as Chief Business Officer at Rapid7, where she led teams across sales, customer success, channel partnerships, support, and operations, helping the company achieve significant, sustained growth. Most recently, she served as General Manager at DigitalOcean and has held senior leadership roles at Allaire, Macromedia, and Adobe, where she built global programs that strengthened customer engagement and partner enablement.
Prior roles of Leidwinger
Leidwinger joins HackerOne with extensive experience leading cybersecurity marketing teams and scaling global software businesses. Most recently, she served as Chief Marketing Officer at Secureworks, where she oversaw all marketing and led the shift from a managed service provider to a software platform company.
In addition to her cybersecurity leadership, she brings deep industry expertise in large language models and AI, grounded in her work on IBM’s Big Data team. She brings a strong customer and partner focus, ensuring marketing sharpens value messaging and drives measurable performance across the demand engine.
AI-led cyber threats
“HackerOne is redefining how organisations stay secure in an increasingly autonomous, AI-driven threat landscape,” said Furfaro. “I’m excited to join a company that pairs deep human expertise with cutting-edge AI to deliver meaningful customer impact. Building on HackerOne’s strong partner ecosystem will be central to expanding our reach and empowering more organisations to proactively manage their risk.”
“HackerOne is entering a new stage of growth as AI-led cyber threats reshape the landscape,” said Leidwinger. “Security pioneers need to secure faster, prove risk reduction, and adapt to an increasingly autonomous threat environment. I’m energised to elevate HackerOne’s customer and partner value message and show why Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), paired with the unique combination of AI and human adversarial expertise, drives stronger results than anything else on the market today.”
Threat landscape and modern defence
“Stephanie and Stacy join HackerOne at a pivotal moment for our company and the cybersecurity industry,” said Kara Sprague, CEO of HackerOne.
“As AI reshapes the threat landscape and modern defence, Stephanie’s experience scaling global revenue organisations and Stacy’s leadership in brand and growth marketing will strengthen every part of our go-to-market engine. Together, they will accelerate growth by delivering our full Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) value proposition to more enterprise customers.”
HackerOne’s in-platform suite of AI agents
These new appointments follow a year of strong growth and product innovation for HackerOne. In October, HackerOne announced the evolution of Hai, its AI platform, from copilot into an agentic AI system, along with the general availability of HackerOne Code, its AI-native code security product.
With 90% of customers now leveraging Hai, HackerOne’s in-platform suite of AI agents, to accelerate vulnerability discovery and response, HackerOne is helping organisations stay ahead of threats. HackerOne bug bounty programs collectively paid out $81 million, a 13% increase from last year, underscoring the unmatched impact of its global researcher community. The company also launched its Technology Alliance Program to unite leading technology providers with its AI-powered platform.
