# Pete Harteveld

> Pete Harteveld is the New Jersey-based CEO of Exabeam, a cybersecurity executive whose career has moved from consulting and enterprise software sales to leading a global security-operations company. After senior roles at Deloitte, CA Technologies, Compuware, Veracode, and Aryaka, he helped unite Exabeam and LogRhythm in 2024, became Exabeam's chief revenue officer in December 2024, and was appointed CEO in October 2025. His current focus is the security problem created by AI agents: fast, credentialed digital workers whose behavior must be monitored much like that of human insiders.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Exabeam
- **Organizations:** Exabeam, LogRhythm, Aryaka, Veracode, Compuware, CA Technologies, Deloitte Consulting, The College of New Jersey
- **Education:** The College of New Jersey
- **Known for:** Helped unite Exabeam and LogRhythm during their 2024 merger and organizational integration., Promoted from Exabeam chief revenue officer to chief executive officer in October 2025., Built more than two decades of leadership experience across consulting, enterprise software, application security, SASE, and security operations.

## Career timeline

- **1995-1997** — Played quarterback for The College of New Jersey, setting then-listed school career records for completions, attempts, and passing yards.
- **1996** — Named second-team quarterback on the New Jersey Athletic Conference all-conference team.
- **Before 2015** — Held leadership roles at Deloitte Consulting and CA Technologies.
- **2015-2020** — Served in senior worldwide sales and business-development leadership at Compuware.
- **By 2021-2023** — Served as chief revenue officer at application-security company Veracode.
- **2023** — Joined Aryaka as chief revenue officer to scale its unified SASE and security business.
- **2024** — Joined the Exabeam-LogRhythm combination as Leader of Value Creation and helped align the merged organizations.
- **2024-12** — Appointed chief revenue officer of Exabeam.
- **2025-10** — Appointed chief executive officer of Exabeam, succeeding the retiring Christopher O'Malley.
- **2025-12** — Spoke at Black Hat MEA in Riyadh about practical, responsible adoption of AI in security operations.
- **2026-06** — Discussed AI agents as a new class of insider risk during interviews in Australia.

## Achievements

- Helped unite Exabeam and LogRhythm during their 2024 merger and organizational integration.
- Promoted from Exabeam chief revenue officer to chief executive officer in October 2025.
- Built more than two decades of leadership experience across consulting, enterprise software, application security, SASE, and security operations.
- Led worldwide sales and business development at Compuware and later held chief revenue officer roles at Veracode and Aryaka.
- Recorded 281 career completions and 3,705 career passing yards as The College of New Jersey quarterback from 1995 through 1997.
- Earned second-team all-conference recognition as a TCNJ quarterback in 1996.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — During an Australia visit, described AI agents as a fourth insider-threat category and explained how Exabeam applies behavioral baselines to non-human identities.
- **2026-06** — Said his seven work agents create about 20 to 25 times the data he produces as a human user, highlighting the data-volume challenge for security teams.
- **2025-12** — Presented at Black Hat MEA in Riyadh on AI-driven analytics, responsible adoption, analyst fatigue, and measurable security outcomes.
- **2025-10** — Became chief executive officer of Exabeam after serving as chief revenue officer.

## Links

- Website: https://www.exabeam.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteharteveld

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