ANN ARBOR – Blumira, a cybersecurity provider of automated threat detection and response technology, announced that Duo Security veteran Jim Simpson has been named chief executive officer. Simpson assumes the role from Blumira co-founder Steve Fuller who will now become chief strategy officer and continue in his role as a member of the board of directors.
Simpson joined Blumira in January as vice president of product. Over the past year, Simpson was responsible for guiding the company’s strategic product roadmap to deliver the fastest time to security, with a focus on accessible, easy-to-use detection and response technology. With over two decades of experience growing successful security startups, Simpson previously led product management for the access security provider Duo Security, acquired by Cisco in 2018 for $2.35 billion. Before joining Duo, he led engineering and UX at the network security company Arbor Networks, acquired by NETSCOUT in 2015.
Simpson’s user-centric approach to solving problems for customers is unique in an industry that is long known for overly complex, legacy solutions that often fail to protect organizations.
The new appointment to the executive role is a strategic move to drive product innovation and to further accelerate Blumira’s growth after its recent $10.3 million series A round of financing led by Mercury Fund.
“Blumira fills a critical need in the market, providing a simplified, effective and fast security solution at a time of rising ransomware and cybersecurity attacks,” said Aziz Gilani, managing director at Mercury. “I couldn’t be more excited about the strategic shift and am extremely confident in Jim’s ability to grow the product and company going forward.”
This news follows a series of appointments announced last month. Blumira plans to continue to significantly expand its team and is currently hiring for a variety of positions across customer experience, engineering, product, sales and security. Visit the company’s career page at https://www.blumira.com/careers.
