Leadership

Customer-obsessed business builder, product innovator, and organization coach, Praerit Garg has spent much of his career working at the center of identity, access, and cloud technologies. He and his family have lived in Seattle for three decades. He joined Microsoft in 1995 after leaving a PhD program at Purdue University to work on the Windows NT Security team, where he helped design core components including Active Directory, Kerberos, PKI, EFS, permissions, and Group Policy. He later led identity, directory, and access services at AWS and served on the board of Radiant Logic.

Before becoming Chief Executive Officer of One Identity, Praerit spent six years at Smartsheet, where he guided multi-year product and technology evolution. This included the transition from data center to cloud-native architecture, multi-region scale, DevOps and CI/CD adoption, a shift toward customer-outcomes product innovation, the introduction of AI-first experiences, and a modernization of pricing and packaging aligned to customer ROI. During this period, Smartsheet grew from under $200 million to $1.2 billion in revenue and completed an $8.4 billion private equity transaction.

At One Identity, Praerit brings a people-first, systems-driven approach. He focuses on setting a clear playbook, moving with speed, and making progress visible. He is known for building durable products, scaling teams and leaders, and translating complex problems into reliable, enterprise-grade software that customers trust.

Praerit believes technology should serve people. His focus is straightforward: deliver dependable, easy-to-use capabilities, learn quickly with customers and partners, and win together.

Randy Menon is Chief Product and Marketing Officer at One Identity and is responsible for overseeing Marketing, Product Management, and Strategy.

Prior to One Identity, Randy held multiple leadership positions spanning product management, marketing, engineering, and operations. Most recently he was SVP and Chief Product Officer at Tanium. Prior to that he was SVP & General Manager for TIBCO’s Connect and Infrastructure business. Through this career, he has led product, marketing and engineering teams and has played an instrumental role in scaling product organizations and taking fast-growing software products to market. Randy graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he majored in Computer Science.

Gihan Munasinghe is a technology leader with more than 15 years of experience building high-performing global engineering teams, modernizing complex technology environments, and driving operational excellence that delivers quality, reliability, and scalability. As Chief Technology Officer at One Identity, he leads technology strategy and engineering execution, focused on building secure, reliable systems that exceed evolving customer security, operational, and deployment needs.

Before joining One Identity, Gihan spent eight years at Smartsheet, progressing to the Senior Leadership team, where he guided international teams through rapid growth as the company scaled into a publicly traded enterprise software business. Prior to Smartsheet, he co-founded Converse.AI, serving as Chief Technology Officer and pioneering automated conversational workflow technology. He also held senior engineering leadership roles at Flexiant, EMEA’s first cloud provider, leading the engineering organization delivering cloud infrastructure solutions at scale.

Ian Sutherland is the Chief Revenue Officer at One Identity, overseeing the company’s global sales strategy and execution. With over 30 years in the IT industry, Ian leads efforts across direct, channel, and technical sales teams to drive customer acquisition, retention, and satisfaction. His expertise spans technical, consulting, and commercial roles, positioning him to lead revenue growth and shape strategic partnerships.

Ian is also a bestselling author of cybercrime thrillers, combining his technical knowledge with creative storytelling. He is based in the UK.

Dean Thompson brings over two decades of leadership experience in customer success, sales, and go-to-market strategy across the cybersecurity and SaaS industries. Most recently, he founded Thompson Strategy Group, where he advised early-stage SaaS companies on scaling operations, enhancing customer retention, and preparing for investor readiness. Dean also led product development and market strategy as Founder & CEO of RetireSec, a startup focused on scam prevention for retirees. Before that, he served as Chief Growth & Customer Officer at HungerRush, where he helped drive a 256% increase in new bookings and improved customer retention by 35%, ultimately positioning the company for acquisition.

Dean also held executive roles at Delinea (formerly Centrify), including Chief Customer Officer and Interim CEO. There, he helped achieve 109% net revenue retention and played a key role in the company’s successful acquisition by TPG. Earlier in his career, he spent over a decade at NetIQ and other cybersecurity organizations, where he built and led global teams across technical services, OEM partnerships, and sales engineering. Known for his pragmatic leadership style and ability to drive outcomes at scale, Dean is passionate about aligning teams, processes, and customer experience to fuel long-term growth.

Matthew Zitka is Chief Financial Officer of One Identity, bringing more than 20 years of finance leadership across PE-backed, public, and global enterprise environments in software and financial services. He has deep experience in M&A execution, sponsor-to-sponsor transactions, and debt financing, and has built the financial infrastructure and global finance teams that support growth at scale.

Matt has a strong track record of finance transformation, including ERP consolidation, global close acceleration, and the redesign of forecasting and reporting frameworks. Most recently, he served as CFO of Momentive Software, where he led the full finance organization across FP&A, Accounting, Treasury, and Tax and drove multiple acquisitions from diligence through integration. Prior to that, he held finance leadership roles at Fiserv and began his career at Deloitte & Touche. He is a Certified Public Accountant.