HackerOne, known for its focus on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), has announced two key executive appointments to help steer the company's upcoming growth and innovation within the expanding threat exposure management space. Stephanie Furfaro has been appointed Chief Revenue Officer, while Stacy Leidwinger assumes the role of Chief Marketing Officer.
Together, they aim to enhance HackerOne's operations across sales, customer success, partnerships, and marketing in response to the rise of autonomous and AI-driven threats.
Executive Roles and Responsibilities
Both executives bring vast experience in scaling high-growth firms and altering business strategies
Furfaro will oversee global revenue-oriented activities, including sales, customer success, and strategic partnerships, to drive growth and value delivery for clients globally.
Leidwinger will manage worldwide marketing initiatives, unifying brand and product marketing strategies to bolster HackerOne's market influence. Both executives bring extensive experience in scaling high-growth companies and transforming business strategies.
Background of Stephanie Furfaro
Stephanie Furfaro has over 25 years of experience in expanding software companies and designing global go-to-market strategies. Previously, she served as Chief Business Officer at Rapid7, where her leadership spanned across sales, customer success, and partnerships, aiding in notable company growth.
Her earlier roles include General Manager at DigitalOcean, along with senior positions at Allaire, Macromedia, and Adobe, focusing on customer engagement and partner enablement.
Background of Stacy Leidwinger
Stacy Leidwinger brings experience in leading cybersecurity marketing and elevating software enterprises globally
Stacy Leidwinger brings experience in leading cybersecurity marketing and elevating software enterprises globally. Her most recent position was as Chief Marketing Officer at Secureworks, facilitating the company's transition from a managed service provider to a software platform.
Leidwinger also holds deep expertise in AI and large language models from her tenure on IBM's Big Data team, enhancing customer-focused value messaging in marketing.
Adapting to AI-Led Cyber Threats
Stephanie Furfaro expressed enthusiasm for joining HackerOne amid a changing threat landscape driven by AI advancements, emphasizing the importance of combining human expertise and AI capabilities to manage risks effectively.
Stacy Leidwinger echoed this sentiment, highlighting the need for swift security adaptation to AI-driven cyber threats, and emphasized the role of CTEM in proving risk reduction and enhancing results.
HackerOne's Strategic Positioning
The company remains at the forefront of vulnerability discovery and proactive threat management
Kara Sprague, CEO of HackerOne, noted the timely joining of Furfaro and Leidwinger as crucial for advancing the company's go-to-market strategy to offer enhanced CTEM solutions to enterprise clients.
This leadership change aligns with HackerOne's strategic evolutions, such as the development of its AI system, Hai, and the introduction of HackerOne Code, an AI-native security product. With 90% of customers now utilizing HackerOne’s AI agents, the company remains at the forefront of vulnerability discovery and proactive threat management.
Community Impact and Alliances
HackerOne’s bug bounty programs have paid $81 million, a 13% increase from the prior year, highlighting the significant contributions of its researcher community.
The company has also launched its Technology Alliance Program to integrate leading technology providers with its AI-enhanced platform, reinforcing its commitment to comprehensive threat management solutions.
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 organizations 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 organizations 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 organizations 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 energized 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 defense
“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 defense, Stephanie’s experience scaling global revenue organizations 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 organizations 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.
