OPSWAT fills out executive team with new hires
May 6, 2021 - OPSWAT, a fast-growing cybersecurity firm that recently moved its headquarters from San Francisco to Tampa and is eyeing an IPO in the near future, has added two people to its executive leadership team: Chief Operating Officer Mike Barker and Corporate Secretary Eric Spindel. According to a news release, the duo will support two key areas of the business — international operations and legal compliance. Barker’s career, the release stated, started with the U.S. Air Force and he later played pivotal roles in prominent technology companies such as Juniper Networks, Extreme Networks, Syniverse and J2 Global. Prior to joining OPSWAT, Spindel was general counsel and corporate secretary at Nasdaq-listed cybersecurity company Cyren and previously practiced corporate and securities law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.