Gerhard Watzinger

Chairman of the Board, CrowdStrike

Gerhard Watzinger assumed the role of the chairman of the board of CrowdStrike in April 2012. Before CrowdStrike, Mr. Watzinger served as the chief strategy officer and executive vice president at McAfee, where he was responsible for guiding McAfee’s global business strategy and development. Mr. Watzinger helped accelerate the international expansion of McAfee and has directed the company through numerous successful mergers and acquisitions, which resulted in record revenue growth and increased market share. He was also the architect of McAfee’s acquisition by Intel, a $7.7B transaction, which was one of the largest deals in the security industry.

Mr. Watzinger also previously served as a member of the board of directors of KnowBe4, Inc., a provider of security awareness training and simulated phishing platform. Mr. Watzinger has an advanced degree in computer science from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich, Germany.