Rob Salvagno, former head of US-listed networking equipment provider Cisco’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate venturing unit, has re-emerged in the industry at SentinelOne, a cybersecurity provider.
The move to become senior vice-president for corporate development in September came less than a year after SentinelOne raised $267m in its series F round from a consortium of hedge and venture capital firms led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from Sequoia Capital Global Equities, Insight Partners and Third Point Ventures.
Salvagno had left Cisco in March 2020 after 20 years to join private equity firm KKR as a managing director of its next generation technology fund.
However, despite saying it had been a “privilege to work for a firm that has been successful across many asset classes and industries” Salvagno said: “I missed being part of a company as it scales and enters new markets, building a team for the next phase of growth, and massively impacting the strategy and opportunity of a company through capabilities such as mergers and acquisitions (M&A). I am grateful to have witnessed the transformative power of M&A early in my career, having learned and then led this function during a long run at Cisco.”
