ExtraHop appoints AttackIQ’s Simon Howe to lead A/NZ

ExtraHop has tapped 25-year IT talent Simon Howe to lead its Australia and New Zealand business. 

Sydney-based Howe will now hold the title of area vice president for Australia and New Zealand, taking over the vacated role previously held by Rohan Langdon. 

Howe previously spent two years as AttackIQ’s regional director for Asia Pacific and Japan, where he led the go-to-market strategy and expanded the enterprise customer and partner portfolio.  

Prior to AttackIQ, Howe spent almost eight years at LogRhythm, most recently serving as APAC vice president of sales. 

Howe also held sales positions at Symantec, Commvault and Acronis, where he developed and leveraged strategic channel relationships for market growth and propelled sales accelerations over 25 years. 

“Simon understands the unique risk, compliance, and cybersecurity challenges ANZ customers face, and he knows what it takes to execute successful customer engagement in a key region of growth for ExtraHop,” said Ken Chen, vice president of APJ at ExtraHop.  

“Amid an ever-expanding threat landscape, he will play an important role in further establishing ExtraHop as a trusted cybersecurity partner, empowering A/NZ organisations with stronger network visibility that will elevate their operational resilience.” 

Howe noted that ExtraHop is experiencing “tremendous momentum” partnering key technology partners like CrowdStrike and Netskope and expanding its channel strategy with managed services providers and distributors. ExtraHop is distributed by Nextgen Group in Australia and Chillisoft in New Zealand.

“Despite A/NZ enterprises facing a sharp increase in cyber threats, I’m confident that together we can better manage their risk for brighter business outcomes,” Howe said. 

Howe’s predecessor Langdon was appointed in February 2022 and was the first A/NZ lead for ExtraHop. 

The same year, ExtraHop promoted Chen as its vice president of Asia Pacific, expanding his previous duties of leading ASEAN to include South Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand. 

Having left ExtraHop last August, Langdon joined Google’s security sales A/NZ in October.