
Before Scott Gainey sold markets on security, he learned to read code, handle escalations and listen to engineers. That technical apprenticeship still shapes the way Checkmarx's CMO thinks about customers, categories and the unruly arrival of AI-generated software.

The Firebolt CMO began as a software engineer, helped Checkmarx grow from below $1 million to more than $85 million in revenue, and learned that technical buyers will forgive a joke long before they forgive fluff.
Roni Fuchs is the co-founder and CEO of Legit Security, an application security posture management (ASPM) company protecting software supply chains for customers including Google, NYSE, Kraft Heinz and Palo Alto Networks. A Unit 8200 veteran who grew up in Jaffa, he founded Legit in 2020 with two IDF comrades after stints at Microsoft (via Aorato) and Checkmarx (via his prior startup Lumobit). Legit has raised roughly $80.5M through Series B.

Sandeep Johri is the CEO of Checkmarx, the application security company headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey. A three-decade Silicon Valley operator, he previously built Tricentis from a small European startup into a global continuous-testing leader, ran HP's software acquisitions strategy, and founded identity-management pioneer Oblix, which Oracle bought for $150M.