# Christopher O'Malley

> Christopher O'Malley is a retired American software executive known for bringing a 90-day product cadence and an unusually public style of customer accountability to established enterprise-software companies. After a long career at CA Technologies, he led Nimsoft and VelociData, turned around Compuware, ran LogRhythm, and guided the 2024 combination of LogRhythm and Exabeam before retiring as Exabeam CEO in October 2025. He also co-founded the O'Malley Foundation, which supports arts, education, scholarships, and Catholic charities.

- **Role:** Retired; former President and CEO of Exabeam
- **Organizations:** Exabeam, LogRhythm, Compuware, BMC Software, VelociData, Nimsoft, CA Technologies, Christopher Ventures, The O'Malley Foundation, Greenphire
- **From:** Mound, Minnesota, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, with honors, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Executive program, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Executive program, New York University Stern School of Business
- **Known for:** Led Compuware's transformation from a declining mainframe-software company to a business releasing product improvements every 90 days., Guided Compuware through its 2020 acquisition by BMC Software., Introduced a quarterly innovation cadence at LogRhythm and oversaw the release of the cloud-native LogRhythm Axon platform.

## Career timeline

- **1988-2012** — Held sales and executive leadership roles at CA Technologies, including EVP and GM of the mainframe business and EVP of cloud products and solutions.
- **2011-2012** — Served as CEO of Nimsoft, a CA Technologies business unit focused on IT monitoring.
- **2012** — Founded Christopher Ventures and moved into startup, investment, and board work.
- **2012-2014** — Served as CEO of big-data technology company VelociData.
- **2014** — Joined Compuware as president of mainframe operations in July and became CEO in December after Thoma Bravo took the company private.
- **2015-2020** — Led Compuware's shift to Agile and DevOps, including a public commitment to quarterly product delivery and modern mainframe development tools.
- **2020** — Compuware agreed to be acquired by BMC; O'Malley described the combination as a way to continue modernizing mainframe software delivery.
- **2021** — Joined the boards of LogRhythm and Greenphire.
- **2022** — Became president and CEO of LogRhythm and established a quarterly product-delivery cadence under the phrase 'Promises Made. Promises Kept.'
- **2024** — Became CEO of the combined Exabeam after LogRhythm and Exabeam completed their merger in July.
- **2025** — Retired in October after Exabeam appointed Pete Harteveld as CEO.

## Achievements

- Led Compuware's transformation from a declining mainframe-software company to a business releasing product improvements every 90 days.
- Guided Compuware through its 2020 acquisition by BMC Software.
- Introduced a quarterly innovation cadence at LogRhythm and oversaw the release of the cloud-native LogRhythm Axon platform.
- Led the combined Exabeam after completion of the Exabeam-LogRhythm merger in July 2024.
- Named one of Crain's Detroit Business's names to know in IT in 2017.
- Received the DevOps.com DevOps Dozen award for Best DevOps Evangelist in 2019.
- Named among the Top 25 Government IT Executives of 2020 by The IT Services Report.
- Received Sigma Chi Fraternity's Significant Sig recognition in 2017.
- Co-founded the O'Malley Foundation in 1998 to support education, arts programs, and Catholic charities.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Retired from Exabeam after more than 30 years in executive leadership; Pete Harteveld succeeded him as CEO.
- **2025-04** — As Exabeam CEO, announced Steve Wilson's elevation to chief AI and product officer and argued that AI should be designed into security operations rather than added as a label.
- **2024-07** — Became CEO of the combined Exabeam after Exabeam and LogRhythm completed their merger.

## Links

- Website: https://omalleyfoundation.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophertomalley

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