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  • April 29, 2020
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Behavox Adds New Executives

Behavox founder and CEO Erkin Adylov. Photo credit: Behavox Behavox, a New York-based data analytics startup, has announced the appointment…

Behavox founder and CEO Erkin Adylov.

Photo credit: Behavox

Behavox, a New York-based data analytics startup, has announced the appointment of two new executives, a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) by the name of Neil Wu Becker and Chief Human Resources Officer by the name of Derek Sidebottom. Both Becker and Sidebottom are experienced executives in the tech industry who have previously worked at various technology companies. Sidebottom previously held HR leadership posts at companies including LendingHome, Kabam, and Rocket Fuel. Becker, likewise, has held previous marketing jobs at Apptus, Micron, and Cisco.

The appointments of Neil Wu Becker and Derek Sidebottom comes on the heels of Behavox establishing a board of directorship, which was announced roughly two weeks ago. Behavox seems to be maturing from a startup into a full-fledged company. Just in February, the company announced $100 million in funding from the second iteration of the SoftBank Vision Fund. SoftBank also happens to be a Behavox customer, as well as banks like Jefferies, hedge funds like Balyasny Asset Management, some mining companies, sovereign wealth funds, and private equity firms. Behavox sells AI-assisted data analytics tools that let companies, mainly financial oriented ones, to monitor for compliance from their employees and spot potential network threats.

Among Behavox’s board includes a former Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a former Chief People Officer of software company Atlassian. Behavox is headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in London, Singapore and Montréal.




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