CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) has appointed AJ Shipley as Chief Product Officer, according to a company statement. Shipley will lead CrowdStrike's product organization, with a focus on the CrowdStrike Falcon platform.

Shipley joins from Splunk Security, where he also served as Chief Product Officer. Before that, he led product management for Cisco's Threat Detection and Response portfolio, which included XDR, EDR, NDR, email security, and vulnerability management. He is credited with building Cisco XDR and contributing to the due diligence behind Cisco's $28 billion acquisition of Splunk. Earlier in his career, Shipley held senior product leadership roles at Palo Alto Networks.

"AJ is one of the most accomplished builders in our industry, and he is the right leader to seize an opportunity this large," said George Kurtz, CEO and founder of CrowdStrike.

Shipley said in the statement: "No company has done more to stop breaches and thwart the adversary than CrowdStrike. That is the opinion of every customer and partner I have spoken to or supported throughout my career."