Craig Thompson
GitHub & Azure DevOps Cyber Resilience | The Security and AI Operations Company
RubrikCraig Thompson is the GTM Tech Lead for DevOps Resilience at Rubrik.
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As DevOps environments face escalating threats alongside the rise of AI-generated code, Craig is leading the rollout of Rubrik's enterprise-grade protection, empowering customers to strengthen resilience, improve compliance, and unlock Agentic AI capabilities.
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- BACKRIGHTUP (ACQUIRED BY RUBRIK, INC)JOB
- Head of Growth (Acquired b…3Y
Head of Growth (Acquired by Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK))
Backrightup (Acquired by Rubrik, Inc)
Backrightup is the leading automated Azure DevOps and GitHub data protection solution for the world's largest, industry-leading, and most regulated companies. Laser-focused on its mission; protecting organizations' most critical data (source code and IP). Backrightup provides comprehensive protection for its Azure DevOps and GitHub customers, and being an industry leader in this space allowed Backrightup to prioritize individual customers needs, over responding to competition.
- RUBRIKJOB
- GTM Lead - Azure DevOps &…1Y 6M
GTM Lead - Azure DevOps & GitHub Cyber Resilience
Rubrik
Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab is becoming a board-level risk as it contains critical source code, IaC, pipelines, and deployment automation—the ability to build and run the business. And protecting DevOps applications is not only to strengthen cyber resilience, but to provide a foundation, unlocking Agentic AI capabilities. Rubrik, a leader in cyber resilience providing data security, ransomware protection, and recovery across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS environments, this protection is integrated into Rubrik Security Cloud, where customers have complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds, providing end-to-end protection.
- ATTURRAJOB
- Strategic Alliance Lead2Y 11M
Strategic Alliance Lead
Atturra
Atturra (ASX: ATA) is one of Australia's leading advisory and IT solutions providers, focused on providing end-to-end transformation services to its clients. Atturra goes to market directly and through advisory and consulting, business applications, cloud services, data and integration, and managed services. Atturra are proud to have key strategic partners in place such as Microsoft, KPMG, Accenture, IBM, OutSystems, Boomi, OpenText, Databricks, Snowflake, Smartsheet, and TechnologyOne. Have won and continue to win multiple awards for Partner of the Year and Platinum Partner status.
- Alliance Mgr - Microsoft6M
Alliance Manager - Microsoft
Atturra
In readiness for Atturra IPO on the ASX, my role as Microsoft Partner Development & SI Manager was focused on strengthening the relationship between Microsoft and Atturra, ensuring alignment to the strategic objectives, customer priorities, and partner targets.
- KODEZJOB
- Strategic Advisor1Y
Strategic Advisor
Kodez
DevSecOps, Identity and Access Management (IdAM), Data and AI. Working with the founder and principal consultant on product development and GTM strategies for DevSecOps, Identity and Access Management (IdAM), Data and AI. Focusing on Kodez’s under-the-radar strength, its highly skilled AI/ML and Software Engineers and their resulting strong referenceability with key partners (such as OKTA, HashiCorp, and Microsoft) and major customers (including SEEK, MYOB, Coles, Kmart, AGL, WebJet, Kogan, and JBHiFi).
- ELCOMJOB
- Senior Mgr, BD2Y 11M
Senior Manager, Business Development
Elcom
- PARO.AIJOB
- Consultant - Technology Ad…2Y 11M
Consultant - Technology Advisory
Paro.ai
(Relocated to Chicago to support my wife on her Postdoctoral Fellowship). Paro is an AI-powered marketplace that delivers technology and finance advisory.
- LENDI GROUPJOB
- Mgr3Y 11M
Manager
Lendi Group
Lendi Group is ANZ’s leading fintech and AI-driven platform, with the goal of becoming a fully AI-native business. Lendi has transformed the financial services sector, becoming APAC’s foremost technology-driven organization in the lending space and revolutionizing the industry through early technology adoption. This innovation positioned Lendi ahead of the Big 4 ANZ banks in terms of settlements, a success backed by Macquarie Bank from the company’s inception. Joining during the startup phase, amidst hyper-growthprovided invaluable experience, offering firsthand insight into how technology can break down barriers within a traditionally outdated industry. I am hugely appreciative of Lendi fo…
- MORGAN PETERSON FINANCIAL ADVISERSJOB
- Accountant3Y 11M
Accountant
Morgan Peterson Financial Advisers
- CULLUM CAPITAL VENTURESJOB
- Financial Analyst3Y 11M
Financial Analyst
Cullum Capital Ventures
Antur acquired by Cullum Capital Ventures. Antur is a Chartered Insurance Broker and part of Towergate Underwriting Group of Companies, one of the UK's largest privately owned insurance intermediaries where I commenced my CA studies. Progressed from a Assistant Accountant role into a Financial Analyst role during my tenure.
- Job: Backrightup (Acquired by Rubrik, Inc) — Head of Growth (Acquired by Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK)) · 2023-08 – present — Backrightup is the leading automated Azure DevOps and GitHub data protection solution for the world's largest, industry-leading, and most regulated companies. Laser-focused on its mission; protecting organizations' most critical data (source code and IP). Backrightup provides comprehensive protection for its Azure DevOps and GitHub customers, and being an industry leader in this space allowed Backrightup to prioritize individual customers needs, over responding to competition.
- Job: Paro.ai — Consultant - Technology Advisory · 2017 – 2019 — (Relocated to Chicago to support my wife on her Postdoctoral Fellowship). Paro is an AI-powered marketplace that delivers technology and finance advisory.
- Job: Cullum Capital Ventures — Financial Analyst · 2009 – 2012 — Antur acquired by Cullum Capital Ventures. Antur is a Chartered Insurance Broker and part of Towergate Underwriting Group of Companies, one of the UK's largest privately owned insurance intermediaries where I commenced my CA studies. Progressed from a Assistant Accountant role into a Financial Analyst role during my tenure.
- Job: Morgan Peterson Financial Advisers — Accountant · 2011 – 2014
- Job: Kodez — Strategic Advisor · 2022-11 – 2023-11 — DevSecOps, Identity and Access Management (IdAM), Data and AI. Working with the founder and principal consultant on product development and GTM strategies for DevSecOps, Identity and Access Management (IdAM), Data and AI. Focusing on Kodez’s under-the-radar strength, its highly skilled AI/ML and Software Engineers and their resulting strong referenceability with key partners (such as OKTA, HashiCorp, and Microsoft) and major customers (including SEEK, MYOB, Coles, Kmart, AGL, WebJet, Kogan, and JBHiFi).
- Job: Lendi Group — Manager · 2014 – 2017 — Lendi Group is ANZ’s leading fintech and AI-driven platform, with the goal of becoming a fully AI-native business. Lendi has transformed the financial services sector, becoming APAC’s foremost technology-driven organization in the lending space and revolutionizing the industry through early technology adoption. This innovation positioned Lendi ahead of the Big 4 ANZ banks in terms of settlements, a success backed by Macquarie Bank from the company’s inception. Joining during the startup phase, amidst hyper-growthprovided invaluable experience, offering firsthand insight into how technology can break down barriers within a traditionally outdated industry. I am hugely appreciative of Lendi fo…
- Job: Atturra — Alliance Manager - Microsoft · 2021-01 – 2021-07 — In readiness for Atturra IPO on the ASX, my role as Microsoft Partner Development & SI Manager was focused on strengthening the relationship between Microsoft and Atturra, ensuring alignment to the strategic objectives, customer priorities, and partner targets.
- Job: Rubrik — GTM Lead - Azure DevOps & GitHub Cyber Resilience · 2025-02 – present — Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab is becoming a board-level risk as it contains critical source code, IaC, pipelines, and deployment automation—the ability to build and run the business. And protecting DevOps applications is not only to strengthen cyber resilience, but to provide a foundation, unlocking Agentic AI capabilities. Rubrik, a leader in cyber resilience providing data security, ransomware protection, and recovery across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS environments, this protection is integrated into Rubrik Security Cloud, where customers have complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds, providing end-to-end protection.
- Job: Elcom — Senior Manager, Business Development · 2019 – 2021
- Job: Atturra — Strategic Alliance Lead · 2021-01 – 2023 — Atturra (ASX: ATA) is one of Australia's leading advisory and IT solutions providers, focused on providing end-to-end transformation services to its clients. Atturra goes to market directly and through advisory and consulting, business applications, cloud services, data and integration, and managed services. Atturra are proud to have key strategic partners in place such as Microsoft, KPMG, Accenture, IBM, OutSystems, Boomi, OpenText, Databricks, Snowflake, Smartsheet, and TechnologyOne. Have won and continue to win multiple awards for Partner of the Year and Platinum Partner status.
- School: ACCA — Part Completed Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- School: Bristol Business School — Degree, Accounting and Finance
- School: Kaplan Professional — Diploma, Finance and Financial Management Services
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