Leadership Team
Meet the leadership team at WatchGuard.
This group guides the strategic direction at WatchGuard across all business units, while always keeping focus on what’s best for both employees and customers. Our culture of leading with passion, accountability, community, and collaboration starts here.
Great performance starts with great people who care deeply about what they do and push each other to achieve more. That spirit defines WatchGuard.
~ Joe Smolarski
CEO
Our employees bring so much passion and accountability to everything they do. No matter the task, our teams work together and push each other to produce great content.
~ Michelle Welch
Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President of Business Strategy
One of the biggest reasons I have been with WatchGuard for more than 20 years is the people I work with. Our team is made up of driven and passionate people who work hard to put out the best products and services possible, and throughout the process, we have a great time together.
~ Corey Nachreiner
Chief Security Officer
WatchGuard is really innovating and paving a new direction in the network security industry.
~ Andrew Young
Chief Product Officer & Senior Vice President of Product Management
The people at WatchGuard are the company’s superpower and real differentiator. This group is passionate, customer driven, and collaborates across teams and departments to ensure we deliver a world-class customer experience.
~ HoJin Kim
Senior Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer
One of my favorite things about WatchGuard is our culture of collaboration. People are excited to grow and scale the company, and know that we'll get there faster through strong cross-departmental communication and information sharing. Also, people simply really enjoy working with each other.
~ Katy Coffey
CFO
WatchGuardians pull together to get the job done. We are committed to improving every aspect of our products, services, and processes with a singular goal to delight our customers. This is accomplished through an outstanding work environment where there is mutual respect for one another, listening to diverse ideas, and providing assistance to others where we can.
~ Jay Lindenauer
Vice President of Product Delivery Operations
At WatchGuard we value teamwork. We achieve great results because we have a diverse and creative team that works together as equals.
~ Jack Waters
Senior Vice President of Engineering
