# Ken Naumann

> Austin-based technology executive Ken Naumann is the founder and CEO of Strike48, the agentic log-intelligence product brand built on Devo Technology's security-data infrastructure. His career runs from enterprise-security sales at BindView through chief executive roles at Ditech Networks, Socialware, AccessData, NetWitness and Devo, with several of those chapters ending in acquisitions. A philosophy graduate who became a cybersecurity operator, he now argues that AI should give security practitioners speed, broader visibility and agency while keeping human judgment in consequential decisions.

- **Role:** Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Strike48; Chief Executive Officer and board member at Devo Technology
- **Organizations:** Strike48, Devo Technology, NetWitness, AccessData, Socialware, Ditech Networks, Scarab Consulting, Paymetric, Guidance Software, BindView Development, Avathon Capital
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Hampden-Sydney College
- **Known for:** Helped lead Ditech Networks through a negotiated acquisition by Nuance Communications with an announced enterprise value of approximately $22.5 million., Led Socialware when the Austin social-compliance software company was acquired by Proofpoint for a reported $9 million in 2015., Led AccessData before its acquisition by Exterro, combining two established digital-forensics businesses.

## Career timeline

- **1993-2003** — Held senior sales-management roles at enterprise security, compliance and network-management company BindView Development, ultimately serving in worldwide sales leadership.
- **2004-2006** — Served as vice president of worldwide sales at digital-forensics and enterprise-security company Guidance Software.
- **2006-2008** — Led worldwide sales and marketing at secure-payments and tokenization provider Paymetric.
- **2008-2010** — Served as president and CEO of Scarab Consulting, an approximately 100-person computer-forensics, e-discovery and data-hosting firm.
- **2010-2012** — Joined Ditech Networks as vice president of worldwide sales, became president in March 2011 and CEO in May 2011, then helped negotiate the company's acquisition by Nuance.
- **2013-2015** — Served as president, CEO and board member of Austin-based Socialware, which Proofpoint acquired in November 2015.
- **2018-2021** — Served as chairman and CEO of AccessData, a digital-forensics company acquired by Exterro in 2020; his operating tenure concluded in 2021.
- **2021-present** — Serves as an executive in residence at Avathon Capital.
- **2022-2025** — Served as CEO of NetWitness, focused on threat detection and incident response.
- **2025-present** — Appointed CEO and a board member of Devo Technology on March 5, 2025, with responsibility for global operations.
- **2026-present** — Co-founded and became CEO of Strike48, an agentic log-intelligence product brand built on Devo Technology's infrastructure.

## Achievements

- Helped lead Ditech Networks through a negotiated acquisition by Nuance Communications with an announced enterprise value of approximately $22.5 million.
- Led Socialware when the Austin social-compliance software company was acquired by Proofpoint for a reported $9 million in 2015.
- Led AccessData before its acquisition by Exterro, combining two established digital-forensics businesses.
- Built more than three decades of operating experience across enterprise security, digital forensics, secure payments, social compliance and threat detection.
- Co-founded Strike48 as a new agentic log-intelligence product brand using Devo's established data infrastructure.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Appeared in a Nasdaq interview at RSAC 2026 to discuss AI agents, security operations, geopolitical threats and what CISOs were reporting after Strike48's launch.
- **2026-02** — Launched Strike48 and became its founder and CEO; the company is presented as a new product brand from Devo Technology.
- **2025-03** — Appointed chief executive officer and a board member of Devo Technology, succeeding interim CEO Walter Scott.

## Links

- Website: https://www.strike48.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naumannken

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Last updated: 2026-09-27