AUSTIN, Texas and SINGAPORE – February 11, 2026 – CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced the appointment of Jonathon Dixon as vice president and managing director for the Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) theater. With more than twenty-five years of cybersecurity and IT leadership experience, Dixon will drive AI-powered cybersecurity transformation across JAPAC by accelerating adoption of the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform.
Dixon is an accomplished cybersecurity and IT leader with a proven record of driving sales growth, market scale, and ecosystem expansion across JAPAC. Most recently, as vice president and managing director of Japan and Asia-Pacific at Verkada, Dixon led go-to-market (GTM) and operational teams, scaling Verkada’s market presence across the region. Prior to joining Verkada, Dixon served as vice president and managing director for Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China (APJC) at Cloudflare, where under his leadership APJC became the company’s fastest growing theater. Throughout his career with global technology leaders including AWS, Cisco, and IBM, Dixon has led multi-billion-dollar regional business segments and driven strong revenue growth through his GTM expertise, channel development, and operational excellence.
Jonathon Dixon, Vice {resident & Managing Director, Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) at CrowdStrike
“We are pleased to welcome Jonathon as we continue to build momentum across JAPAC. He brings a rare mix of regional insight and experience scaling businesses, which will be critical to our continued growth in the region,” said Michael Sentonas, president of CrowdStrike. “JAPAC is an important growth theater as organizations modernize their security for the AI era. Under Jonathon’s leadership, we will continue to expand our presence across the region and support more organizations in strengthening their security posture, as traditional approaches struggle to keep pace with today’s threat landscape.”
“CrowdStrike is leading cybersecurity in the AI era, delivering the game-changing technology that organizations throughout JAPAC need to secure a rapidly evolving threat landscape,” said Dixon. “I am thrilled to be joining CrowdStrike as the company continues to revolutionize cybersecurity and define AI-native platform protection.”
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