# Ben Gibson

> Ben Gibson is the chief marketing officer of Securonix, a veteran enterprise-technology marketer whose career has moved from journalism and public relations through leadership roles at Cisco, Aruba Networks, Veritas, F5 Networks, and Nutanix. His distinctive idea is the human network: careers and brands are built through durable relationships, customer education, memorable campaigns, and the judgment earned from setbacks. Outside the office, he coaches high-school swimming, serves a USA Water Polo club, and competes as a U.S. Masters swimmer.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Securonix
- **Organizations:** Securonix, Nutanix, F5 Networks, Veritas, Aruba Networks, Cisco Systems, Meru Networks, Proxim, 3Com, Miller Communications, Leland High School
- **Education:** Journalism, California State University, Long Beach
- **Known for:** Held chief marketing officer roles at Aruba Networks, Veritas, F5 Networks, Nutanix, and Securonix., Helped lead Aruba's marketing while the company tripled annual revenue and expanded into mobile security and location services., Led Veritas rebranding work following its separation from Symantec.

## Career timeline

- **Late 1980s-1991** — Studied at California State University, Long Beach, changed his major from political science to journalism, edited the Daily Forty-Niner, and competed on the swim team.
- **1993** — Joined Miller Communications, deepening his work in technology public relations.
- **1990s** — Moved from agency work to 3Com and crossed from public relations into product marketing.
- **Late 1990s-2000** — Joined Cisco as an IOS product marketing manager and later worked with the Desktop Switching Business Unit.
- **2000-2005** — Worked across Foundry Networks, Atrica, Procket, Proxim, and Meru Networks; experienced the only layoff of his career and broadened his marketing remit.
- **2005-2010** — Returned to Cisco and ultimately served as vice president of data center and virtualization marketing.
- **2011-2015** — Served as Aruba Networks' chief marketing officer; the company tripled annual revenue during his tenure as it expanded beyond wireless networking.
- **2015-2016** — Served as chief marketing officer of Veritas and led rebranding work following its separation from Symantec.
- **2016-2017** — Served as chief marketing officer and executive vice president at F5 Networks.
- **2017-2022** — Served as chief marketing officer of Nutanix.
- **2022-2025** — Focused on advisory work, writing, community board service, coaching the Leland High School swim team, and U.S. Masters swimming.
- **2025-present** — Joined Securonix as chief marketing officer to lead global marketing strategy and execution.

## Achievements

- Held chief marketing officer roles at Aruba Networks, Veritas, F5 Networks, Nutanix, and Securonix.
- Helped lead Aruba's marketing while the company tripled annual revenue and expanded into mobile security and location services.
- Led Veritas rebranding work following its separation from Symantec.
- Helped create Aruba's Gen Mobile campaign and F5's We Make Apps Go: Faster, Smarter, Safer campaign.
- Serves as president and board member for a USA Water Polo club and as head coach of the Leland High School swim team.
- Competes in regional and national U.S. Masters swimming meets.

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Published an essay describing how he used generative AI as a creative agency partner while retaining human direction and editing.
- **2025-10** — Wrote about Securonix's sixth consecutive placement as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM.
- **2025-08** — Connected the challenge of modernizing a security operations center to the reinvention of Mad Max: Fury Road in a Securonix essay.
- **2025-04** — Joined Securonix as chief marketing officer.

## Links

- Website: https://bengibsoncmo.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bengibson08/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BenGibson08
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ben.gibson.5817

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Last updated: 2026-09-04