Former Salesforce and Snowflake CCO to drive comms strategy for CrowdStrike’s next phase of growth and innovation

AUSTIN, Texas, May 13, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced the appointment of Brad Burns as chief communications officer (CCO). Burns will lead the company’s global communications strategy, supporting executive leadership as CrowdStrike accelerates its growth and scale as cybersecurity’s platform innovator for the AI era.

"CrowdStrike’s mission to stop breaches has never been more important. As adversaries weaponize AI – lowering the bar to launch and scale attacks – communicating the power of the Falcon platform to defeat modern threats is critical to businesses around the world," said George Kurtz, CEO and founder, CrowdStrike. "We’ve built an industry-leading communications program that reflects our position at the forefront of cybersecurity. Brad brings deep experience leading communications for some of the most influential companies in technology, and he’ll play a pivotal role in scaling our impact as we enter our next phase of growth."

Burns joins CrowdStrike from Snowflake, where he served as chief communications officer – the same role he previously held at Salesforce. Before that, he held senior communications roles at AT&T, including as senior vice president of corporate communications for AT&T Communications. He brings more than two decades of experience shaping market narratives, building scalable communications functions and driving growth. Burns will help elevate CrowdStrike’s position as the gold standard for modern cybersecurity platforms and work even more closely with government organizations to shape global cybersecurity policies.

"CrowdStrike sets the standard for modern cybersecurity – a company that pairs relentless innovation with a clear, mission-driven purpose," said Burns. "Cybersecurity is foundational to how modern businesses operate and grow, and CrowdStrike is the proven leader in stopping breaches. I’m excited to join the fight at such a pivotal moment and help tell the story of how CrowdStrike is defining the future of AI-powered security."

About CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD), a global cybersecurity leader, has redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk – endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data.

Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and world-class AI, the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities.

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CrowdStrike Corporate Communications
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