Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Saviynt Taps Microsoft Vet For Advisory Board

Los Angeles-based Saviynt, a venture backed developer of cybersecurity software for the hybrid cloud, said on Tuesday that it has added Jim DuBois, the former CIO of Microsoft, to its board of advisors. DuBois was most recently Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Corporate Vice President (CVP) at Microsoft, a role he held between May 2013 to September 2017 under Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Saviynt said that DeBois had been at Microosft for over 24 years. Saviynt is venture backed by Carrick Capital Partners, and develops cloud-based security products used to manage access permissions as companies acquire and merge with other companies. Amit Saha is CEO of Saviynt.