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One Identity has appointed Gihan Munasinghe as its new Chief Technology Officer. Munasinghe brings over 15 years of experience leading global engineering teams and modernizing legacy platforms. In his new role, he will oversee the engineering organization and set the technology strategy, with a focus on accelerating innovation and the SaaS delivery model to meet evolving customer demands.
One Identity appoints Gihan Munasinghe as Chief Technology Officer.
He brings 15+ years of experience scaling global engineering teams.
His focus will be on technology strategy, product innovation, and operational excellence.
A key priority is accelerating One Identity's SaaS delivery model.
The appointment reflects a shift towards managed, cloud-based consumption.
Munasinghe aims to strengthen core platforms while delivering future innovation.
The appointment of a new CTO underscores One Identity's commitment to product innovation and meeting shifting customer expectations. Munasinghe's mandate is to blend technical depth with a customer-first approach, ensuring the company's identity security platforms are not only innovative but also reliable, secure, and aligned with modern consumption models. His experience in scaling teams and modernizing complex software will be critical for this evolution.
A central theme of Munasinghe's role will be accelerating One Identity's transition to a SaaS delivery model. As enterprise customers increasingly prefer fully managed, subscription-based services, his leadership will be pivotal in evolving the company's core technology to meet demands for cloud-scale, reliability, and simplified consumption while maintaining the enterprise-grade security its customers require.
Munasinghe's focus will be on balancing the need for rapid innovation with the imperative of maintaining the trust customers place in One Identity's security solutions. This involves strengthening existing platforms that form the backbone of customer identity fabrics while simultaneously delivering the new capabilities and deployment flexibility that businesses will need in the future.
"This is a pivotal moment for One Identity and the identity security industry," said Munasinghe. The leadership change signals a strategic push to enhance product velocity, operational discipline, and scalability as the company navigates the growing complexity of unified identity security in a hybrid IT world.
About One Identity
One Identity delivers trusted identity security for enterprises worldwide to protect and simplify access to digital identities. With flexible deployment options and subscription terms – from self-managed to fully managed – our solutions integrate seamlessly into your identity fabric to strengthen your identity perimeter, protect against breaches and ensure governance and compliance.
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