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Stellar Cyber has appointed Eric van Sommeren as Vice President of EMEA to accelerate regional expansion, leveraging his extensive experience from SentinelOne, Palo Alto Networks, and Corelight to drive partner-led growth and enterprise adoption across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Quick Intel
Stellar Cyber, the leader in open and AI-native security operations, announced the appointment of Eric van Sommeren as Vice President of EMEA. This move underscores the company’s commitment to accelerating growth across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa during a period of heightened demand for modern, unified security platforms that reduce operational complexity.
Van Sommeren joins with a strong track record of driving commercial success in EMEA. He has held senior regional leadership positions at Corelight, SentinelOne, and Palo Alto Networks, where he collaborated closely with MSSPs and enterprises to modernize security operations and scale partner ecosystems.
“EMEA is a diverse and strategically important region with unique market dynamics,” said David McKeough, Chief Revenue Officer at Stellar Cyber. “Eric brings deep regional experience and a strong understanding of how to scale partner-led models while supporting enterprise security teams that are under pressure to do more with less.”
Key priorities under van Sommeren’s leadership include increasing field coverage in priority markets for enhanced customer proximity, investing further in strategic MSSP and reseller partnerships, and reinforcing Stellar Cyber’s positioning as an innovative leader in AI-native SecOps. The approach capitalizes on growing requirements for consolidated platforms that integrate SIEM, NDR/OT, XDR, ITDR, and automation—powered by Multi-Layer AI™ for Threat Detection, Investigation and Response (TDIR)—while preserving existing technology investments.
“Organisations across EMEA are under increasing pressure to modernise security operations while managing cost, complexity, and skills shortages. Stellar Cyber’s unified, open approach directly addresses these challenges, and I’m excited to work with our customers and partners to help them achieve better outcomes at scale across the region,” said Eric van Sommeren, Vice President of EMEA at Stellar Cyber.
The appointment aligns Stellar Cyber’s strategy with EMEA-specific buying behaviors, regulatory requirements, and preference for partner-led delivery. By focusing on customer intimacy and ecosystem expansion, Stellar Cyber aims to support organizations seeking efficient, outcome-driven security modernization without added operational burden.
About Stellar Cyber
Stellar Cyber is the only AI-native SecOps platform purpose-built for MSSPs and lean enterprise security teams. Since 2015, we’ve been illuminating the darkest corners of cybersecurity to help organizations see every threat, know what matters most, and act with speed and confidence—always with the human in the loop. By applying the right tool to the right problem, Stellar Cyber combines machine learning to uncover hidden anomalies, agentic AI to guide responses in real time, and human-augmented decision-making where expertise is essential. The result is real-world impact: analyst productivity improved by more than 80%, false positives reduced by over 90%, and security teams free to focus on what matters.
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