Binarly Strengthens Leadership with Rick Congdon and Chris Eng as Strategic Advisors
Binarly, the industry leader in software and firmware supply chain security, has announced the appointment of two key advisors to bolster its leadership team. Rick Congdon, Vice President of Americas Sales at Cloudflare, joins as an Independent Board Member and Strategic Advisor, while Chris Eng, a veteran in application security (AppSec), has been named a Strategic Advisor. These appointments come at a pivotal time as software supply chain security transitions from niche concern to board-level priority.
Expert Guidance for Global Growth and Sales Strategy
Rick Congdon brings decades of experience scaling sales organizations at some of the most influential companies in the security and networking space. With senior global sales leadership roles at Palo Alto Networks and NetApp under his belt, Congdon is a seasoned growth leader with a proven track record of driving enterprise adoption and market expansion. In his new role, he will provide strategic guidance to refine Binarly’s global go-to-market (GTM) strategy and optimize its enterprise sales approach.
“Rick is a field-tested GTM leader who has scaled sales organizations at category-defining security and networking companies,” said Alex Matrosov, Chief Executive Officer of Binarly. “Rick brings the exact mix of product vision and go-to-market rigor we need as the software supply chain security category matures from pilots to platform decisions.”
Congdon’s expertise aligns perfectly with Binarly’s mission to address the growing demand for comprehensive supply chain security solutions. As enterprises increasingly consolidate their security investments around platforms that deliver measurable risk reduction and compliance, Binarly’s ability to offer visibility across firmware and software components, exploit-aware scoring, and automated remediation workflows sets it apart. Congdon emphasized his focus on helping the company scale repeatable enterprise GTM strategies, including partner-led motions, vertical-specific plays, and outcomes-based sales execution.
“Security buyers are consolidating around platforms that solve real risk and compliance without adding more tools,” said Congdon. “Binarly’s advantage is clear customer value, visibility across firmware and software components, exploit-aware scoring, and automated remediation workflows. My focus is helping the team scale repeatable enterprise GTM: partner-led motions, vertical plays, and outcomes-based sales execution.”
Sharpening Product Vision and Roadmap
Chris Eng, a founding team member and former Chief Research Officer at Veracode, joins Binarly’s advisory board to guide the company’s product strategy and long-range roadmap. A respected voice in the cybersecurity community, Eng has spent his career translating security research into actionable outcomes that reduce risk. He currently serves on the Black Hat USA Review Board and is widely recognized for his contributions to application security (AppSec).
Eng’s appointment underscores Binarly’s commitment to staying ahead of the evolving threat landscape by focusing on evidence-based prioritization. As software supply chain security shifts from vulnerability catalogs to more sophisticated frameworks—such as exploitability signals, reachability, provenance, and provable remediation—Binarly’s platform is uniquely positioned to lead the way. The company treats binary analysis as first-class data, providing a robust foundation to protect everything below the operating system as well as modern software artifacts.
“Chris has spent his career turning security research into outcomes. He’ll push us to build what measurably reduces risk and sharpen our product bets for the enterprise,” Matrosov said. “Chris helped define modern AppSec. He’s going to help define what comes next for software supply chain security.”
Eng expressed enthusiasm about contributing to Binarly’s mission, emphasizing the importance of making defenders faster and more precise. “Software supply chain security is shifting from vulnerability catalogs to evidence-based prioritization: exploitability signals, reachability, provenance, and provable remediation,” he said. “Binarly’s platform already treats binary analysis as first-class data, and that’s the right foundation to protect everything below the OS as well as modern software artifacts. I’m excited to help make defenders measurably faster and more precise.”
Strengthening Binarly’s Position in a Growing Market
The appointments of Congdon and Eng reflect Binarly’s strategic focus on scaling its operations and enhancing its product offerings to meet the demands of an increasingly complex cybersecurity environment. As organizations face mounting pressure to secure their software supply chains, Binarly’s innovative approach positions it as a leader in this critical space.
By leveraging Congdon’s expertise in scaling enterprise sales and Eng’s deep understanding of product security, Binarly aims to accelerate its growth trajectory and solidify its reputation as the go-to platform for software and firmware supply chain security. The company’s emphasis on delivering measurable outcomes—such as exploit-aware scoring and automated remediation—resonates strongly with enterprises seeking to reduce risk without adding unnecessary complexity.
About Binarly
Binarly is a U.S.‑based software and firmware supply‑chain security company founded in 2021. The Binarly Transparency Platform helps device manufacturers, OEMs and enterprise security teams detect vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets and malicious code in firmware and software components—while accelerating the shift to post‑quantum cryptography. Visit https://binarly.io for more information.
