Meerah Rajavel becomes new CIO of Forcepoint

Most recently, she was the CIO at Qlik, where she led efforts to build an IT and operational strategy

Global cybersecurity firm Forcepoint today announced Meerah Rajavel joins the company as its new chief information officer (CIO). A member of the executive leadership team, Rajavel will guide Forcepoint’s technology and infrastructure strategy, lead the global information technology organization and play a central role in extending Forcepoint’s delivery of cloud-based cybersecurity capabilities to customers worldwide.

Rajavel is based in Forcepoint’s Austin, Texas headquarters and reports to Matthew Moynahan, chief executive officer.

Rajavel brings more than 25 years of experience in information technology to Forcepoint. Most recently, she was the CIO at Qlik, a visual analytics company, where she led efforts to build an IT and operational excellence strategy to support rapid growth on a global scale.

Before joining Qlik, Rajavel led IT cloud services for all McAfee products at Intel Security. Earlier in her career, she held IT leadership, research & development and product development roles at Cisco Systems, Infosys, Nortel, Cybersource and Solix.

Rajavel holds a Bachelor in Computer Science & Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India. She also holds a Master of Business Administration from the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, California.