Identity Matters with Kevin Lynch, CEO, Optiv

In his role as CEO and Founder of SailPoint, Mark brings almost 35 years of experience in technology. Under Mark's direction, SailPoint has become the leader in identity security for the modern enterprise with over 2K employees worldwide, operating in 37 countries. In 2022, SailPoint was acquired by Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.9 billion. Mark directs and drives the overall vision and strategy for SailPoint, which is underpinned by his passion for building top-performing teams, creating a collaborative and innovative work environment, and focusing continuously on the needs of customers.

Kevin Lynch is a seasoned executive with more than 36 years of strategic and operating experience, largely in professional and technical services, operating at scale within private and public environments, with a proven track record of delivering growth and exceptional financial returns.

As Optiv’s chief executive officer (CEO) and a board member, Lynch is responsible for executing the company’s vision to challenge the status quo by delivering innovative cybersecurity solutions that create simplicity and confidence for clients around the world.

Lynch joined Optiv from Deloitte, where he served in a variety of leadership roles for 20 years, including: chief global officer, overseeing $1.2B of annual investment and optimizing the U.S. partnership’s global interests; leading and doubling the scale of the firm’s technology, media and telecommunications industry practice; revolutionizing the firm’s strategy practice to compete and take substantial share from deeply entrenched incumbents; and as senior partner, re-architecting and substantially growing the firm’s mergers and acquisition services revenue, serving many of the firm’s largest clients as an overall advisory partner in the technology infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity and computing segments.

Prior to Deloitte, Lynch was chief strategy officer at AECOM, a Fortune 150 global engineering and construction services firm, where he was tasked with driving growth across the company’s portfolio. Lynch was also a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, focused on the intersection of strategy and technology.