SpiderOak Appoints Kip Gering as New Chief Revenue Officer
SpiderOak, the leader in zero-trust cybersecurity solutions for next-generation space systems, is proud to announce the appointment of Kip Gering as the company’s new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Gering will report directly to the CEO and will oversee the sales, business development, and marketing departments from SpiderOak’s headquarters in Reston.
Gering brings more than 25 years of extensive experience in the cybersecurity, defense, and industrial IoT sectors. In his new role at SpiderOak, Gering will be responsible for executing the corporate plan, identifying new market opportunities, and driving revenue performance through strategic sales and partnerships.
Most recently, Gering served as a senior sales and business development executive at Xage Security, a provider of universal zero-trust access management software to industrial enterprises and the federal government. At Xage, he played a pivotal role in helping enterprises and the DoD secure, manage, and transform digital operations across operational technology (OT), information technology (IT), and cloud environments.
“The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing a significant transformation with the adoption of zero trust frameworks replacing static network-based perimeter approaches used in the past” said Gering. “SpiderOak stands at the forefront of this transformation by delivering data, application, and device protection across any network enabling our defense ecosystem partners to prevent disruptions and block cyberattacks. Our ability to deliver low-footprint, decentralized services across any mission system or architecture is critical to protecting the warfighter and meeting the most demanding mission needs whether in space or the tactical edge. I am thrilled to join SpiderOak to continue the adoption of our solution in the defense sector and have the opportunity to provide these same protections and capabilities to various commercial sectors.”
Before his tenure at Xage Security, Gering held executive roles in marketing and product management at NES and Itron, where he contributed to the deployment of some of the first IoT networks connecting millions of devices and developed critical operational, security, and analytics applications for utilities worldwide. Gering’s career began as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force, where he served on active duty deploying and operating advanced space systems, assessing spacecraft vulnerabilities to direct energy threats, and delivering new cyber capabilities to the Air Force Space Command.