SAN MATEO, Calif. — Enterprise building security and management firm Verkada today announced Elizabeth Davies has joined the company as its chief privacy officer.
In her new role, Davies “will oversee Verkada’s privacy and government affairs programs as the company continues to expand its product offerings and operations globally,” according to the company announcement.
Davies has deep experience leading security, privacy and data protection efforts at global organizations. Davies was most recently at Splunk, where she served as its global head of data protection and its data protection officer and built its privacy program from the ground up. Prior to Splunk, Davies was senior legal counsel at Advent Software and general counsel at New Generation Computing.
“Privacy is fundamental to our work at Verkada,” says Filip Kaliszan, CEO of Verkada, in the company announcement. “Elizabeth shares our passion for developing products that help protect people and property in a privacy-sensitive way.
“She will be instrumental in guiding our privacy efforts, helping our products adhere to global privacy standards and ensuring we uphold our company-wide commitment to privacy,” he says.
Why Verkada Hired Elizabeth Davies
Davies’ appointment is “yet another investment that underscores Verkada’s dedication and commitment to privacy,” according to the company announcement.
Verkada’s recent privacy-focused investments in its products include a privacy and security checklist, enhanced audit logs and additional administrative user controls, the announcement says.
“At Verkada, privacy isn’t an afterthought — it’s the foundation of the work we do every day to make products that help the communities we live and work in safer,” says Davies in the company announcement. “I’ve spent the better part of a decade building privacy strategies and programs and I can’t wait to bring that experience to bear at Verkada and in the security industry more broadly.”
Verkada’s six product lines — video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms — provide building security through an integrated, secure cloud-based software platform.
The company supports more than 17,000 organizations across 70 countries and has a valuation of $3.2 billion.
