Darktrace announced a 7,555-square-foot deployment center in Dallas, Texas, as part of its ongoing U.S. expansion, which includes new executive team appointments and upgraded offices nationwide. Scheduled to be fully operational by September 2025, the facility will boost Darktrace’s capacity to serve its growing U.S. customer base. The company will also open a new corporate office in Dallas.
Darktrace also announces the appointments of Eve Saltman as Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary and Marty Overman as Executive Vice President, Sales, Americas to the Darktrace Executive Committee. These appointments will help Darktrace reach and serve even more organizations in the U.S. as they look to combat escalating cyber threats. In 2024, the average cost of a U.S. data breach reached $9.4 million—nearly double the global average.[1]
“The U.S. is the world’s largest cybersecurity market and Darktrace is uniquely placed to help organizations protect themselves against novel cyberattacks, so we see enormous opportunity for our business to grow its market share in the U.S. and across the Americas,” said Jill Popelka, CEO of Darktrace.
“In addition to these new senior hires and expanded facilities in the U.S., we are also making strategic investments to deepen our relationships with the leading channel resellers, to enhance our customer experience, to support Federal customers with their increasingly complex cybersecurity needs, and to build our brand awareness in this critical market for cybersecurity.
I am delighted to welcome Eve and Marty to our Executive team. Eve brings deep experience leading global legal and commercial teams and helping to guide businesses on their scaling journey. Marty has an extensive background leading high-performing sales teams for some of the most exciting companies in cybersecurity. We are fortunate to have leaders of this caliber join our Executive team at such a critical time for our business.”
“Texas continues to prove that when you create a business-friendly environment, the best and brightest companies will come,” said U.S. Congressman Jake Ellzey for Texas’s 6th Congressional District, where the new Darktrace deployment center will be based. “Darktrace expanding in Farmers Branch is yet another example showing that Texas is open for business and the world is taking notice. In a time when cyberattacks are becoming more frequent and sophisticated, companies like Darktrace, who are investing in not just preventing these attacks but also using AI to anticipate them, are more crucial than ever. We’re proud to have them here in our backyard. Welcome to Texas.”
Faster U.S. deployment for commercial and government customers
Darktrace protects a customer’s network, cloud, email or operational technology environments, based on each customer’s unique requirements. Its industry leading AI cybersecurity solutions can be deployed either via cloud or physical appliances. As organizations increasingly embrace hybrid environments with both on-premises and cloud deployments, demand for physical appliances remains high. The new Dallas deployment center will have the capacity to ship up to 40,000 appliances a year, positioning Darktrace for future growth. The facility is also expected to halve the delivery time of Darktrace’s appliances for U.S. customers.
In addition to serving Darktrace’s private sector clients, the center will provide dedicated deployment and physical security capabilities to support the compliance requirements of Darktrace Federal customers, the company’s Arlington, Virginia-based affiliate serving U.S. Federal government agencies. Meeting stringent ISO 27001, NIST, and CMMC standards, the facility also substantially increases storage and production capacity for Trade Agreements Act-compliant hardware, enabling Darktrace Federal to effectively address the growing demand from the U.S. Federal government amid an increasingly complex threat landscape. The recent attainment of FedRAMP® High authorization further underscores Darktrace Federal’s ongoing commitment to delivering secure, AI-powered cybersecurity solutions, whether deployed on-premises or in the cloud.
Appointment of new U.S.-based executive leadership
Alongside expanding its U.S. footprint, Darktrace is also welcoming two U.S.-based leaders to its executive team.
Eve Saltman joins Darktrace as Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary from GoPro, Inc., where she served as Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development, Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary. With deep expertise from leadership roles at prominent technology firms including Asana and Siebel Systems (acquired by Oracle), Saltman brings deep experience of building legal, commercial and compliance strategies that support fast growing international businesses in complex industries. Her remit will include all commercial and corporate legal matters, compliance, privacy, risk and governance across the business.
Marty Overman will lead Darktrace’s Americas sales team, building and executing on the company’s ambitious go-to-market plans for the region. She joins from Entersekt, a leading provider of secure customer authentication and digital fraud prevention solutions, where she has been Chief Revenue Officer, overseeing the global sales team and leading the company’s go-to-market strategy. Overman brings extensive cybersecurity experience built from sales leadership positions at McAfee, Palo Alto Networks, and Imperva.
Commenting on her appointment, Saltman said, “I’m thrilled to join Darktrace at a pivotal moment for the company and I look forward to contributing my experience to helping Darktrace scale in the U.S. and globally. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, Darktrace’s unique approach is more essential than ever. I’m excited to work with Jill and the entire Darktrace team to continue growing Darktrace’s position as a leader in AI-driven cybersecurity.”
Commenting on her appointment, Overman said, “Darktrace has an incredible product set covering the areas where organizations are most vulnerable to cyberattack, including network, email, cloud and operational technology. I can see the tremendous opportunities to bring this market-leading technology to more organizations across the Americas region and am looking forward to joining this dynamic team.”
Nationwide office upgrade
In addition to the new deployment center, Darktrace also plans to open a new corporate office in Dallas. This underscores Darktrace’s commitment to expanding its U.S. operations as part of its long-term growth strategy following the 2024 acquisition by Thoma Bravo.
Darktrace operates 12 offices across the U.S., with approximately 800 employees nationwide. In the last reported full financial year (year ending 30 June 2024), the U.S. business made up 35% of Darktrace’s annual revenues. The Dallas deployment center and office are the latest investments for Darktrace in the U.S., building on office upgrades in Austin, Chicago, and the Washington, DC-area in recent months.
To learn more about Darktrace and the executive team, visit the website here.
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[1] IBM: Cost of A Data Breach 2024
