Tiffany Ketterer-Buchanan began her career with CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWD) nine years ago as the first finance hire, working beside the CFO and one of CrowdStike’s co-founders.
She has since worked her way up from accounting manager to controller to senior vice president of finance, making her one of the most promoted people at Austin, Texas-based CrowdStrike, which got its start in Irvine and still has sizeable operations in the city.
She’s helped the growth trajectory of the rapidly growing cybersecurity company in turn.
The firm reached $2.1 billion in annual recurring revenue at the end of the second quarter, up 59% year-over-year and a 145% jump from 2020.
Since winning a Business Journal Women in Business Award in October, “CrowdStrike has continued to grow its platform that protects and enables people, processes, and technologies that drive modern enterprises,” Ketterer-Buchanan told the Business Journal this month.
The company, whose cloud-based technology is used to detect and prevent breaches, is now valued at nearly $40 billion. The company’s stock has fallen 12% in the past month, and is off about 43% from its 52-week high of $298.48 seen in November 2021.
“Today, most enterprise software organizations are facing similar macro-economic headwinds,” Ketterer-Buchanan said.
She attributes her success to being able to lead during challenging times, and has proved successful before, having led the company through the largest cybersecurity IPO in history.
Organizations today are prioritizing investments during a time of market volatility, and are “looking to standardize with a security partner they can trust, like CrowdStrike, to achieve better protection with less time, fewer resources and lower total cost of ownership,” she said.
The Business Journal annually honors five women business leaders from diverse industries at the Women in Business Awards. The 27th annual awards will take place on Thursday, Oct. 20 at the Irvine Marriott. For more info, visit: https://www.ocbj.com/events/2022-women-in-business-awards/Â
