SentinelOne names Ana Pinczuk President of Product & Technology to accelerate AI-native security

SentinelOne names Ana Pinczuk President of Product & Technology

SentinelOne has appointed Ana Pinczuk as President of Product & Technology, effective immediately. She will lead global product and technology, spanning R&D, AI and platform engineering, product management, and technology operations. Pinczuk has spent nearly three decades in SaaS and cybersecurity, with leadership roles at HPE, Anaplan, Veritas, Symantec, Cisco, and AT&T, and has served on SentinelOne's Board since 2022.

This move signals a push to scale SentinelOne's AI-native platform and advance autonomous security capabilities for enterprise and government customers. Her experience building and scaling platforms, including work on HPE GreenLake, aligns with SentinelOne's growth priorities in a market where AI-driven security is becoming standard.

What product leaders should note

• Clear consolidation of R&D, platform engineering, and product management under one leader-expect tighter roadmaps and faster feedback loops.
• AI-first posture: stronger investment in models, telemetry, and automation to reduce manual workload across SOC workflows.
• Platform lens: continued buildout of a unified Data Lake and automated systems to support new features and cross-product experiences.
• Enterprise-grade delivery: emphasis on reliability, scale, and time-to-value for large customers with complex environments.

Leadership transition

Pinczuk succeeds Ric Smith, who held key technology leadership roles since 2021 and is leaving to pursue other opportunities. SentinelOne credits Smith with advancing the company's position as an AI security platform and noted that Pinczuk's deep knowledge of the company's strategy, culture, and roadmap made for a fast transition.

Strategic focus

SentinelOne is prioritizing its AI-native platform and expanding autonomous security across detection, response, and operations. Pinczuk's background in scaling subscription platforms is expected to support product velocity and customer outcomes in a demanding market. Learn more about SentinelOne's platform on the company site.

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Role responsibilities

As President of Product & Technology, Pinczuk will set R&D direction, guide AI strategy and application, oversee platform engineering, and run global technology operations. Her remit includes delivering new features and services that address emerging threats and evolving customer needs, with a consistent focus on scale, speed, and security.

What to watch next

• Roadmap signals: deeper integrations, stronger automation in SOC workflows, and broader use of the unified Data Lake.
• Model lifecycle: investment in model evaluation, safety, observability, and deployment tooling.
• Customer proof: measurable reductions in mean time to detect/respond and lower operational burden for security teams.
• Ecosystem play: partnerships and APIs that extend telemetry and response across the enterprise stack.

Practical takeaways for product development teams

• Unify product, platform, and data teams around a single outcomes-focused roadmap with clear reliability and latency targets.
• Instrument everything: define success metrics for AI features (precision/recall, drift, false positives) and review them weekly.
• Design for automation first: prioritize workflows that remove human toil and shorten detection-to-action loops.
• Invest in platform primitives: data contracts, feature stores, and model governance to speed safe releases.
• Pilot with top customers to validate value, then codify learnings into reusable platform capabilities.

Statements from leadership

According to CEO Tomer Weingarten, Pinczuk is well-positioned to accelerate innovation and deliver smarter, more autonomous security for the AI era, and the company appreciates Ric Smith's contributions. Pinczuk said SentinelOne has built a strong base for AI-driven security and that her focus is to expand the AI-native platform, advance the autonomous SOC, and help customers stay ahead in a complex security environment.

Learn more

Explore SentinelOne's platform and updates on its product direction: sentinelone.com

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