Johanna Flower has been leading global teams and growing companies for 20+ years. Most recently, Johanna served as CrowdStrike’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) – leading all elements of global Marketing from 2014 to 2020, and again in 2022. As CrowdStrike’s first CMO, she guided the company brand from an agile startup to an industry leader in cybersecurity and played a critical role in CrowdStrike’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2019. Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Johanna held the role of SVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Websense, Inc. (now Forcepoint LLC). While at Websense, her vision helped shape the firm’s marketing and go-to-market strategies, resulting in the company gaining the largest worldwide market share in web filtering and achieving global leadership in web, email, and data security. Johanna serves as Independent Board Director for CrowdStrike (CRWD) and Freshworks (FRSH). Johanna is also a strategic go-to-market advisor and serves on the board of several high-growth private SaaS companies.