# Nayaki Nayyar

> Nayaki Nayyar is a technology executive with over 25 years of experience transforming enterprise software companies. As CEO of Siteimprove since March 2025, she is leading the company's pivot toward AI-powered content intelligence and digital accessibility. Her career spans CTO roles in oil and gas, senior leadership at SAP and BMC Software, President and CPO at Ivanti where she helped double revenue to over a billion dollars, and CEO at cybersecurity unicorn Securonix. She serves on the boards of Fortune 500 companies TD Synnex and Corteva Agriscience.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Siteimprove
- **Organizations:** Siteimprove, TD Synnex, Corteva Agriscience, Securonix, Ivanti, BMC Software, SAP, Valero Energy, Shell
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** American (Indian-born)
- **Education:** B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, M.S. Computer Science, University of Houston, Stanford Executive Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Named CEO of Siteimprove in March 2025, leading the company's AI transformation, As CEO of Securonix, transformed the company into one of the largest cybersecurity unicorns globally, As President & CPO at Ivanti, helped grow company revenue from ~$500M to over $1 billion

## Career timeline

- **~1990s** — Started career at Shell in oil and gas industry
- **2000-2011** — CTO - Enterprise Architecture & Application Services at Valero Energy Corp., during its growth into North America's largest independent refining company
- **2011-2016** — Joined SAP SE; held Senior VP roles in Cloud, CRM, Mobile; became GM and Global Head of IoT division
- **2016-2020** — President of Digital Service and Operations Management at BMC Software; launched BMC Helix cloud platform
- **2020-2022** — Executive VP and Chief Product Officer (later President & CPO) at Ivanti; helped double revenue to over $1 billion
- **2022-2024** — Chief Executive Officer at Securonix; led company to become one of the largest cybersecurity unicorns
- **2025-present** — Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Siteimprove; launched agentic content intelligence platform Siteimprove.ai

## Achievements

- Named CEO of Siteimprove in March 2025, leading the company's AI transformation
- As CEO of Securonix, transformed the company into one of the largest cybersecurity unicorns globally
- As President & CPO at Ivanti, helped grow company revenue from ~$500M to over $1 billion
- Doubled Ivanti's total addressable market from $30B to $60B in two years
- Led launch of BMC Helix, a cloud-agnostic containerized ITSM platform at BMC Software
- Built SAP's global IoT division from the ground up as GM and Global Head
- Board member of Fortune 500 companies TD Synnex (NYSE: SNX) and Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTVA)
- Former board member of Veritone, Inc. (AI technology solutions provider)
- Speaker at MIT EmTech Next 2022 and NYSE Floor Talk
- Named one of cybersecurity's influential leaders by multiple industry publications

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Appointed CEO and Board Member of Siteimprove, effective March 4, 2025
- **2025-05** — Launched Siteimprove SEO Intelligence Suite at Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo in London
- **2025-08** — Unveiled Siteimprove.ai — a unified agentic content intelligence platform built on Amazon Bedrock
- **2025-09** — Announced Siteimprove and Optimizely AI agent-to-agent integration for content compliance automation

## Links

- Website: https://siteimprove.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nayakinayyar
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/nayaki_n
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHgc8_FquQg

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Last updated: 2026-05-16