Career profile
Gerald Beuchelt
Chief Information Security Officer, Acronis
- Role as of 8 January 2025, the date of the latest source
- January 2025
As of January 2025, Gerald Beuchelt is the Chief Information Security Officer of Acronis, appointed in January 2025.
In the role he leads execution of Acronis' global information security strategy and oversees protection of the company's information, systems, and technologies.
He leads a global team of IT, security, and compliance professionals and sits as a member of executive leadership responsible for security.
He also oversees corporate IT infrastructure, including help desk operations and server and network management, and supports the Acronis Threat Research Unit's research and threat intelligence output.
Career path
Beuchelt began his security leadership career as Principal Information Security Engineer at MITRE.
He then served as Chief Security Officer at Demandware, where he managed security, compliance, and privacy due diligence for three corporate acquisitions and oversaw the security evaluation that led to Salesforce's $3 billion acquisition of Demandware.
At LogMeIn he served as Chief Information Security Officer, responsible for the security, compliance, and technical privacy of the company's products and corporate assets.
During LogMeIn's $5 billion merger with GetGo, he merged and expanded the security teams into a consolidated unit with expanded 24/7 services, and implemented GDPR privacy controls that supported European sales growth.
Beuchelt moved to Sprinklr as Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Security, where he built and scaled the company's first security program during its $4 billion initial public offering.
In August 2022, as Sprinklr's CISO, he announced that the company had received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for its Unified-CXM platform.
"ISO 27001 certification reinforces our commitment to customers and partners to protect their information in all forms across the Sprinklr Unified-CXM platform," he said.
Acronis announced his appointment as Chief Information Security Officer in January 2025, noting his prior leadership roles at Sprinklr, LogMeIn, Demandware, and MITRE.
Boards, education, and public talks
Beuchelt has served on boards including the National Cyber Security Alliance, the ID.ME Cyber Security Board, and Infragard.
He holds a Master's degree in Mathematical Physics from the University of Cologne and a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, along with CISSP and CISM certifications.
He was featured as a speaker for the Acronis Threat Research Unit's Infosecurity Europe session AI Attacks LIVE: See Real AI-Powered Attacks in Real Time and What You Can Do to Stop Them.
