May 20, 2024

Anomali Appoints Micheal McCollough as Vice President of Global Channel Sales

McCollough Joins Anomali; Will Drive Channel Growth, Foster Partner Relationships, and Help Global Partners Deliver More Value to the Ecosystem

Anomali, the leading AI-Powered security operations platform, today announced the appointment of Micheal McCollough as Vice President of Global Channel Sales. In this role, McCollough will help the company’s global partners modernize security operations and in turn, drive Anomali’s channel growth – fostering partner relationships to revolutionize the world of security operations and scaling the company’s global partner ecosystem.

McCollough brings over two decades of international executive leadership experience to Anomali, possessing a unique understanding of global markets, partner dynamics, and customer needs. His track record includes successful channel transformations at both Imperva and Akamai.

“Anomali recently helped a global financial institution install Anomali Copilot and replace its legacy visibility tool set (ETL, SIEM, etc.) while reducing cost from ~$10M to ~$5M per annum. Together with progressive global customers and partners, Anomali is a modern and different way of managing security while helping better retain key security talent,” said Anthony Aurigemma, Chief Revenue Officer, Anomali. “Micheal’s extensive experience and proven track record in driving growth and forging strategic partnerships will be invaluable as we continue to grow our global footprint and strengthen our partner-first channel ecosystem.”

At Imperva, McCollough led the global channel organization for three years, driving partner engagement, revenue growth, and strategic alliances. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Akamai, where he served as Global Vice President of Channels and Alliances. His expertise in building enablement frameworks, marketing strategies, and indirect sales programs has consistently delivered value to partners and customers alike. Before his tenure at Imperva and Akamai, McCollough held leadership positions at Dell Technologies and Schlumberger. 

“I’m thrilled to join Anomali and lead the global expansion of our unmatched Security Operations Platform through strategic channel partnerships,” said Micheal McCollough, Vice President, Global Channel Sales, Anomali. “By combining our industry-leading solution with a world-class channel program, we will drive growth, unlock new revenue streams, and redefine cyber defense standards.”

Anomali’s Security Operations Platform has modernized and consolidated the delivery of legacy Security Analytics solutions including ETL, SIEM, XDR, SOAR and TIP into one integrated solution at a fraction of the cost. The platform enables CIOs and CISOs to achieve actioned visibility while reducing security incidents and event data storage costs. At the center of it is an omnipresent and intelligent Anomali Copilot that automates important tasks and seamlessly reports to management in seconds.

To learn more about Anomali, visit: www.anomali.com.

About Anomali

Anomali is headquartered in Silicon Valley and is the Leading AI-Powered Security Operations Platform that is modernizing security operations. At the center of it is an omnipresent, intelligent, and multilingual Anomali Copilot that automates important tasks and empowers your team to deliver the requisite risk insights to management and the board in seconds. The Anomali Copilot navigates a proprietary cloud-native security data lake that consolidates legacy attempts at visibility and provides first-in-market speed, scale, and performance while reducing the cost of security analytics. Anomali combines ETL, SIEM, XDR, SOAR, and the largest repository of global intelligence in one efficient platform. Protect and drive your business with better productivity and talent retention. Do more with less. Be Different. Be the Anomali. Learn more at www.anomali.com.