CrowdStrike has announced the appointment of Amjad Hussain as its new Chief Resilience Officer. Reporting directly to CEO and founder George Kurtz, Hussain will play a pivotal role in enhancing resilience across the company’s platform and operations, promoting principles of operational excellence and reliability throughout the organization. He will also collaborate with the broader cybersecurity community to set higher standards for resilience and contribute to the development of industry best practices.

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“CrowdStrike’s strength lies in its relentless, transparent execution, with resilience embedded at the heart of everything we do,” said George Kurtz. “Amjad’s leadership will further accelerate this mission, ensuring resilience is integrated at every level of our technology and operations.”

Hussain brings over 25 years of experience in driving engineering innovation and operational excellence at leading global technology firms. His appointment comes at a time when CrowdStrike continues to advance cybersecurity into the agentic era, delivering AI-driven security solutions with unmatched reliability and performance.

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Before joining CrowdStrike, Hussain served as Chief Technology Officer at Vanilla, where he oversaw R&D across engineering, product, design, AI, security, and IT functions. He has also held senior leadership roles at Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Director and General Manager, where he led operational excellence initiatives for products such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS Systems Manager, and Amazon EC2. Earlier in his career, Hussain held engineering leadership positions at Microsoft, contributing to Azure, Windows Server, and Bing.

“CrowdStrike is entrusted with protecting some of the world’s most critical environments,” Hussain said. “This responsibility drives continuous innovation in designing platforms for performance and scalability. I am excited to contribute to operational excellence and reliability as core principles guiding the company and its technology.”

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