# Hasan Imam

> Hasan Imam is the CEO of Obsidian Security, the SaaS security company protecting Fortune 1000 and Forbes Global 2000 enterprises across their cloud applications, AI agents, and integrations. He took the helm in 2021 when revenue was under $1 million and COVID had gutted the pipeline, then rebuilt the product and team and pushed Obsidian to win head-to-head customer evaluations more than 80% of the time. Before Obsidian, he grew Shape Security from under $3M to nearly $90M in revenue, ending in a $1 billion acquisition by F5. He has a master's in computer science from Stanford and a bachelor's from Wisconsin-Madison, which he finished in under three years.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Obsidian Security
- **Organizations:** Obsidian Security, Shape Security, DocuSign, Wing Venture Capital, Zantaz, Tandem Systems, CognitiveScale
- **From:** Bangladesh
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (completed in under three years), University of Wisconsin-Madison
- **Known for:** Led Obsidian Security from under $1M revenue and a COVID-disrupted pipeline to market leadership in SaaS security, Drove Obsidian to win head-to-head customer evaluations more than 80% of the time against established security platforms, Grew Shape Security revenue from under $3M to nearly $90M in under four years, ending in a $1B acquisition by F5

## Career timeline

- **2000s** — Software engineer at Tandem Systems after the dot-com collapse
- **2006** — Founded a digital health startup that failed during the 2008 financial crisis
- **2008-2013** — Worked at Zantaz on financial compliance and e-discovery, salvaging a struggling $25M bank contract
- **2013-2016** — Head of Industry and Horizontal Solutions at DocuSign
- **2016-2020** — Chief Revenue and Customer Officer at Shape Security; grew revenue from under $3M to nearly $90M
- **2019** — Shape Security acquired by F5 for $1 billion
- **2021** — Became CEO of Obsidian Security
- **2022** — Raised $90M Series C, prioritizing R&D
- **2023** — Forrester named Obsidian a Strong Performer in its SaaS Security Posture Management Wave
- **2025** — Featured in fireside chat at RSAC 2025 in San Francisco on SaaS and AI security

## Achievements

- Led Obsidian Security from under $1M revenue and a COVID-disrupted pipeline to market leadership in SaaS security
- Drove Obsidian to win head-to-head customer evaluations more than 80% of the time against established security platforms
- Grew Shape Security revenue from under $3M to nearly $90M in under four years, ending in a $1B acquisition by F5
- Recruited a senior team including Xinran Wang (ex-Palo Alto Networks/F5), Khanh Tran (ex-CrowdStrike), and Brian Murphy (ex-Okta)
- Raised a $90M Series C in 2022
- Completed his computer science bachelor's degree in under three years

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Spoke at RSAC 2025 in San Francisco in a fireside chat on the SaaS security market and AI risk.
- **2025-09** — Featured by Greylock in a profile on Obsidian's climb to the top of SaaS security in the age of AI.

## Links

- Website: https://obsidiansecurity.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hasanimam/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCJALf_fQ9U

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Last updated: 2026-06-12