# Hugh Njemanze

> Hugh Njemanze is President & Founder at Anomali and a co-founder and former CTO of ArcSight. A Purdue computer science graduate, he worked at Apple and Verity before building security analytics products, leading engineering at HP, and serving as an entrepreneur in residence at Kleiner Perkins. His public work focuses on making threat intelligence usable in security operations; he also plays bass.

- **Role:** President & Founder at Anomali
- **Organizations:** Anomali, ArcSight, Hewlett-Packard, Verity, Apple, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Qualys, The Brian Estlin Confluence
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Science, Purdue University
- **Known for:** Co-founded ArcSight and helped architect its SIEM product., Received the 2010 Northern California Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the Software category., Held more than 20 issued network-security patents by July 2014, according to his appointment announcement.

## Career timeline

- **Before 1993** — Worked in software engineering at Apple; helped architect the Data Access Language (DAL).
- **1993-2000** — Held roles at Verity, ultimately serving as CTO.
- **2000-05** — Co-founded ArcSight.
- **2002-03** — Began serving as ArcSight CTO and EVP of Research and Development, according to its SEC filing.
- **2010** — Received the Northern California Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the Software category.
- **2010-10** — HP completed its ArcSight acquisition at a $1.5 billion enterprise value; Njemanze subsequently led broader engineering and R&D efforts for HP Enterprise Security Products.
- **2013-02** — Joined the Qualys Technical Advisory Board while serving as an advisor and entrepreneur at Kleiner Perkins.
- **2014-06** — Became ThreatStream CEO; appointment publicly announced on July 24, 2014.
- **2016-02** — ThreatStream rebranded as Anomali.
- **2021-03** — Became Anomali president and remained a director as Ahmed Rubaie became CEO.
- **2025-07** — Discussed SIEM architecture, scalability, and costs at Detect LIVE.
- **2026-03** — Named as a panelist for an FEI Silicon Valley event on cybersecurity and CFOs.

## Achievements

- Co-founded ArcSight and helped architect its SIEM product.
- Received the 2010 Northern California Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the Software category.
- Held more than 20 issued network-security patents by July 2014, according to his appointment announcement.
- Led engineering and R&D for HP Enterprise Security Products following the ArcSight acquisition.
- Holds the CISSP certification, as documented in company biographies.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — FEI Silicon Valley named him as a panelist for its March 31 cybersecurity and CFO event in Palo Alto.
- **2025-07** — Appeared on BlockHash episode 546, published July 16, discussing threat intelligence and AI in security operations.
- **2025-07** — Participated in the July 23 Detect LIVE SIEM market discussion with Christian Karam and Francis Odum.
- **2025-01** — Published Why SIEM’s obituary was written too soon in Security Magazine on January 31.

## Links

- Website: https://www.anomali.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-njemanze-603721/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25