IGEL announced the appointment of Ash Chowdappa as Chief Product & Development Officer (CPO). His hiring marks another step in IGEL’s continued expansion, as the company strengthens its leadership team to drive growth across regions and functions. In his new role, Chowdappa will lead IGEL’s product and engineering organizations, overseeing strategy, product management, design, and execution as the company advances its global operations.
Over the past year, IGEL has strengthened key areas of the business with the appointment of Jeff Mitchell as Chief Revenue Officer and John Walsh as Field CTO, Critical Sectors, and has expanded leadership in EMEA with the addition of Peter Goldbrunner, VP of Sales for the DACH region.
These appointments come amid significant global expansion. In 2025, IGEL increased its global workforce by 20%, including team members who joined through the acquisition of Stratodesk, now part of IGEL, though the majority of net new roles were organic additions.
The company also continued its geographic growth, opening a new office in Romania and expanding rapidly across the US and EMEA.
“As IGEL grows, we’re making sure we have the right leadership in place to keep execution strong and always have customers at the center of everything we do,” said Klaus Oestermann, CEO of IGEL. “Ash has spent his career building and scaling world-class product and engineering teams. He understands what it takes to deliver innovation that’s practical and global in scope, secure, and built for the real-world needs of enterprise customers. We’re thrilled to welcome him to IGEL.”
Before joining IGEL, Ash held senior leadership roles at Aruba Networks/HPE, Citrix, and ChargePoint, leading global business units generating multi-billion-dollar revenue with teams operating across multiple countries. Ash brings a proven ability to shape product strategy from concept through successful market launch with experience that spans networking, security, cloud, EUC, branch, and OT/IoT technologies, along with enterprise-grade product innovation and delivery.
“IGEL has built a strong reputation for helping customers modernize endpoint computing securely—without adding complexity,” said Mr. Chowdappa, Chief Product & Development Officer (CPO) at IGEL. “I’m excited to join at a time when the company is growing and investing in what’s next. I’m looking forward to working with the product and engineering teams to keep raising the bar on the platform, how we deliver it, and the experience we provide to customers and partners.”
Learn more information about Ash Chowdappa and the rest of IGEL’s leadership team here.
IGEL will also host its annual Now & Next® event from March 30 to April 2nd at the iconic Miami Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach, providing an opportunity for attendees to meet the IGEL team and learn about the company’s latest developments in secure endpoint technology. Register today at Now & Next® Miami 2026.
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