Securing Code in the AI Era

Sandeep Johri is Chief Executive Officer of Checkmarx, bringing decades of Silicon Valley leadership as an executive, founder, strategic advisor, and investor. He has a consistent track record of scaling software companies from early stage to market leadership and deep roots in security, having founded several VC-backed security startups earlier in his career.

Before Checkmarx, Johri spent seven years as CEO of Tricentis, growing it from an early-stage startup into a global leader in continuous-testing software. Earlier, in senior leadership roles at HP, he created and executed the strategy that scaled the company's software division from $600 million in revenue to category leadership at $3.5 billion. His founding experience includes Oblix (acquired by Oracle), Determina, and Bluelane (both acquired by VMware).

Scott Gainey joined Checkmarx in June of 2025 as Chief Marketing Officer overseeing the creation and execution of the company's marketing strategy, including the development of its global brand and customer growth. Scott brings over 20 years of marketing experience to Checkmarx, gained while serving as CMO and other leadership positions for some of the most innovative and disruptive security companies including Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, Nile, and Cisco. Scott is driven to roles in markets undergoing major transformations which is what attracted him to Checkmarx who’s strong vision of driving increased developer productivity through AI while not compromising on security stands to redefine AppSec. Scott received his B.S. from Cal Poly Humboldt, business and leadership studies from Stanford GSB and West Point's Thayer Leadership Development Group.

As CPO, Jonathan leads product strategy and vision for the Checkmarx One application security platform. During his career, he’s been recognized for his leadership of development teams at Mercury Software, a leader in software testing that was acquired by HP Software for $4.5 billion, after which he grew the testing business from $700 million to over $1 billion via organic growth and security acquisitions. For the past eight years, Rende served as SVP and GM of Products at PagerDuty, the leading enterprise cloud platform for AI operations. There he led the continued scaling of the organization building out of the next generation of products for PagerDuty’s Operations Cloud focusing on Machine Learning, AI and Automation organically and via acquisition.

Frank Emery is VP of Product Management at Checkmarx, where he leads the teams responsible for the company’s Code Security offerings, including SAST, DAST, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and API Security. In this role, he drives product strategy and execution across a broad portfolio, with a strong focus on integrating AI into cybersecurity to improve detection accuracy, automate remediation, and scale secure software development for modern engineering teams.

Previously, Frank served as Director of Product for Checkmarx’s AIOps offering for more than four years, guiding the product from early concept through growth and market adoption. He brings deep expertise in AI-driven products, go-to-market initiatives, product-led growth, and scaling teams and organizations from idea to profitable business. Frank is passionate about building impactful products at the intersection of security, AI, and developer experience.

Harshil Parikh is the Vice President of Product Management at Checkmarx, driving innovation across the Checkmarx One platform and the Checkmarx Assist family of agents. Harshil joined Checkmarx following its acquisition of Tromzo, which he co-founded and led as CEO. Tromzo’s cognitive architecture and agent-driven capabilities—designed to reduce risk and accelerate productivity through automated remediation and enterprise risk-aligned triage—are a core intelligence layer powering Checkmarx’s agentic strategy. With deep expertise in cybersecurity and DevSecOps, Harshil continues to champion solutions that help organizations deliver secure applications at speed and scale.

Bill Weinberg is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in solutions engineering and presales leadership. Currently serving as VP of Solutions Engineering at Checkmarx since January 2024, previous positions include Worldwide ADM Sales Development and Presales RVP at OpenText, Worldwide ADM Sales Development and Presales Leader at Micro Focus, and various presales leadership roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where Bill drove technical sales strategies across multiple software portfolios. Bill holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees in Marketing and Business Information Systems from Illinois State University, earned between 1992 and 1996.