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Carbon Black Appoints Sandra O’Sullivan as Chief People Officer (CPO)

O’Sullivan has served in various leadership roles for the past seven years at Carbon Black, most recently as Vice President of Customer Success

WALTHAM, Mass. — January 24, 2019 ––Carbon Black(NASDAQ: CBLK), a leader in next-generation endpoint security delivered via the cloud, today announced that long-time company leader Sandra O’Sullivan has been appointed Chief People Officer (CPO). As the global leader for human resources, O’Sullivan will oversee talent development and management, recruiting, total rewards, diversity and inclusion, as well as culture and organizational development strategies for the company.

O’Sullivan joined Carbon Black in 2012, most recently serving as the company’s Vice President of Customer Success. She led a team dedicated to providing a superior experience for customers through cross-functional collaboration with support, services, product and engineering. Prior to Carbon Black, O’Sullivan launched and was President of Ametros Financial, where she was focused on providing innovative products and services to the workers’ compensation insurance industry.

“With extensive knowledge in professional services and customer success, as well as a long history with Carbon Black, Sandra is fully equipped to take on her newest role in human resources,” said Carbon Black President and CEO Patrick Morley. “She’s passionate about maintaining our strong company culture and developing diversity and inclusion, and we’re excited to see what she’ll bring to this position.”

“When I think about what makes Carbon Black special, what jumps to the forefront of my mind is our people,” said O’ Sullivan. “Each and every day, Carbon Black’s 1,200+ global employees demonstrate a clear passion for, and commitment to, making the world a safer place for our customers. And, as we continue to grow, I’m looking forward to partnering with the many teams throughout the company to make sure we are creating and fostering the best environment and culture possible.”

O’Sullivan steps into the CPO role as Amy Robinson, former Carbon Black CPO, establishes a new function within Carbon Black focused on leadership coaching. Robinson will directly advise the career development and advancement of Carbon Black employees at all levels around the world.

“Amy’s contributions to Carbon Black cannot be understated,” said Morley. “When I look at how much our company culture has evolved over the years and view the list of accomplishments we’ve received for being a ‘top’ or ‘best’ place to work, I see Amy’s fingerprints in more places I can count. She’s been an extraordinary leader for Carbon Black and will continue to bring her passion for coaching to all levels of the company in her new role.”

To learn more about Carbon Black’s management team, visit: https://www.carbonblack.com/company/team/.

About Carbon Black

Carbon Black (NASDAQ: CBLK) is a leading provider of next-generation endpoint security delivered via the cloud. Leveraging its big data and analytics cloud platform – the CB Predictive Security Cloud – Carbon Black consolidates prevention, detection, response, threat hunting and managed services into a single platform with a single agent and single console, making it easier for organizations to consolidate security stacks and achieve better protection. As a cybersecurity innovator, Carbon Black has pioneered multiple endpoint security categories, including application control, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and next-generation antivirus (NGAV) enabling customers to defend against the most advanced threats. More than 4,600 global customers, including one-third of the Fortune 100, trust Carbon Black to keep their organizations safe.

Carbon Black and CB Predictive Security Cloud are registered trademarks or trademarks of Carbon Black, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions.