Sumit Dhawan - CEO @ Proofpoint - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

CB Rank (Person)

91,934

Primary Job Title CEO
Primary Organization
Proofpoint

Location Sunnyvale, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male

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Sumit Dhawan is based out of Sunnyvale, California and he is the CEO of Proofpoint and Board of Director of Moody's. Sumit previously worked at VMware as a President. Sumit Dhawan attended University of Minnesota.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Sumit Dhawan

has

current jobs as

CEO

Proofpoint

and

President

Instart

. Additionally,

Sumit Dhawan

has had

past jobs including

President

VMware

Proofpoint CEONov 28, 2023
Instart President

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
VMware	President	Jun 2021	Nov 2023
VMware	Chief Customer Officer	Feb 2020	May 2021
Instart	CEO	May 2018	Feb 2020
VMware	Senior VP and General Manager	—	May 2018

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Sumit Dhawan

holds

board and advisor roles as

Board of Director

Moody's

and

Board Member

Instart

Moody's Board of DirectorJul 16, 2025
Instart Board Member

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