This month we sit down with Chris Kraft, Chief Product Officer, as he shares his career journey and what brought him out of retirement, leadership lessons and his Insights Discovery results, and his love of board games along with recommendations! Chris Kraft serves as Chief Product Officer at Arctic Wolf, where he drives the strategic direction of the company’s product portfolio and roadmap. He leads cross-functional teams that are expanding the Arctic Wolf® Aurora Platform with innovative capab...
Aug 11, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 24
This month, we sit down with Matt Bykowski, Senior Vice President of Global Acquisition Sales, as he shares how he works to enable & empower his team, learnings from leading an increasingly global team, his thoughts on the transition from high performer to people leader, and so much more! Matt Bykowski is a dynamic sales leader with over 15 years of experience driving growth in the technology sector. Currently serving as the Senior Vice President of Global Acquisition Sales at Arctic Wolf, h...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 23
This month, we sit down with Todd Warner, Senior Vice President of Customer Success, as she shares the best leadership advice he's ever received, why he loves working in customer success, his love of swim spas, and much more! Todd Warner is the SVP of Customer Success at Arctic Wolf, where he focuses on taking care of our customers and leading the CS team. With 10+ years leading and building CS teams and 10+ years in various sales roles, he has learned the importance of listening to customers an...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 22
This month, we sit down with Lisa Tetrault, Senior Vice President of Security Services, as she shares about her career journey, scaling the Security Operations Center (SOC) at Arctic Wolf from when we had less than 100 pack members to today, and the practices that keep her grounded and achieving her goals. Lisa is a cybersecurity executive with special expertise in Security Operations (SOC), Incident Response (IR), and managed operations. She has found passion over the last 25 years in the netwo...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 21
In this bonus episode, pack members from around the globe share their motivation in becoming Pack Gives Back Ambassadors and why giving back is important to them along with some of the initiatives they've led for their regions so far! Interested in running with the pack? Explore careers at Arctic Wolf—one of the fastest-growing and exciting cybersecurity companies in the world, to learn about how you can join our Pack, create impact, and influence what’s next in security operations. https://arct...
Apr 28, 2025•51 min•Ep. 20
This month, we sit down with Kerri Shafer-Page, Vice President of Incident Response, as she shares a peak behind the curtain of the day-to-day of her and her team, reflections on being a woman in tech, and so much more! Kerri Shafer-Page serves as the Vice President of Digital Forensics and Incident Response at Arctic Wolf. A proven leader in threat identification, IT security and data privacy incident response and mitigation, Kerri has served in leadership roles at IBM and AIG, overseeing incid...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 19
This month, we sit down with JJ Freitag, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, as he shares his 2025 resolutions, insights into his career where he's completed over 50 deals worth billions of dollars, and much more! JJ Freitag currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Arctic Wolf and is responsible for the company’s inorganic growth strategy, building Arctic Wolf’s M&A process, and leading the corporate development team. JJ has led and completed over...
Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 18
This month we sit down with Debra Sevelius, Vice President of Legal, as she shares the "glamorous side of commercial legal," her love of curling, and much more! As the Head of Commercial Legal at Arctic Wolf, Deb is an experienced, collaborative, globally-minded executive leader, with a proven record in leading legal and cross-functional operational teams that deliver pragmatic win-win outcomes that maximize long term value, achieve process efficiencies, and increase revenue. Prior to joining Ar...
Jan 07, 2025•56 min•Ep. 17
In this bonus episode, pack members from around the globe share their motivation in becoming Well Wolf Ambassadors and the importance of discussing mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. Interested in running with the pack? Explore careers at Arctic Wolf—one of the fastest-growing and exciting cybersecurity companies in the world, to learn about how you can join our Pack, create impact, and influence what’s next in security operations. https://arcticwolf.com/company/careers/ Do you know y...
Dec 19, 2024•52 min•Ep. 16
This month we sit down with Jeff Green, Senior Vice President of R&D, as he shares his experience helping open our brand-new India office, leadership advice he swears by, and more! Jeff is an industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in building world-class products and technologies for enterprises and consumers primarily focused in security. Currently as Senior Vice President of R&D, Jeff leads Arctic Wolf’s global research and engineering organization with a focus on delivering...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 15
This month we sit down with Lane Roush, Chief Technical Customer Officer, as he shares his philosophy on owning the outcome, his approach to wellbeing, his love for Halloween costumes and much more! Lane Roush has led the Arctic Wolf Sales Engineering organization since 2016. Lane brings 20+ years of IT and security experience to the team and has been a driving force in our sales, enablement, product, channel and go to market strategy. Before joining Arctic Wolf, Lane was a Principal Architect i...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 14
Join hosts Chelsea and Mary as they celebrate one year of The Howler Podcast! From sharing their meet-cute story to interviewing various pack members, this episode is full of both heartwarming & funny moments highlighting the people & programs that make Arctic Wolf so special! Interested in running with the pack? Explore careers at Arctic Wolf—one of the fastest-growing and exciting cybersecurity companies in the world, to learn about how you can join our Pack, create impact, and influen...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 13
This month we sit down with Dan Larson, Chief Marketing Officer, as he shares his tips for building a personal brand, why partnering with Formula 1 and IndyCar was an exciting move, how he works with his team to dream up innovative ideas and much more! Dan Larson is Arctic Wolf’s CMO, overseeing corporate marketing, brand, communications, technical marketing, demand generation, enablement, product marketing, and marketing technology. His background includes 15 years of sales, product, and market...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 12
This month we sit down with Steve Craig, Chief Revenue Officer, as he shares his journey from SDR to CRO, the importance of metrics in management, leadership lessons he's learned the hard way, and settles the debate between some East Coast and Midwest slang! Steve Craig is Arctic Wolf’s Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for leading global acquisition sales, sales enablement, sales development, customer success and channel sales GTM teams. Steve brings over 15 years of sales experience with a va...
Jul 08, 2024•37 min•Ep. 11
This month we sit down with Andy Hill, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, as he shares why he's always been drawn to corporate law versus litigation, how he navigates providing counsel during difficult situations, taking companies through IPO, and so much more! Andrew Hill is Arctic Wolf’s Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. Andrew brings more than 25 years of executive leadership and legal experience, with a focus on helping technology disruptors effectively manage rapid expansion ...
Jun 11, 2024•49 min•Ep. 10
In this episode, our hosts sit down with Andrew Burback, Chief Information Office & SVP of Operations, as he shares about his journey from accounting to sales operations & IT, his leadership philosophy rooted in his trust of his team, as well as his love for Subway and his go-to sandwich order! As the Chief Information Officer & Senior VP, Operations, Andrew Burback has led Arctic Wolf’s business operations since April 2018. Before joining the company, Andrew was Director of Operatio...
Jun 11, 2024•53 min•Ep. 9
In this bonus episode, pack members share their experience with Pack Unity and discuss all things diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging. Resources from Trisha, John & Chidi: 1612 – podcast When They See Us – movie on Netflix The Pink Elephant – book by Janice Gassam Asare How to be Anti-Racist – book by Ibram X. Kendi Me and White Supremacy – book by Layla Saad RSA Conference Full Library: https://www.rsaconference.com/library Children’s Books: I am Whole Mixed Me Little Black Boy Dea...
Apr 01, 2024•54 min•Ep. 8
In this episode, our hosts sit down with Kristin Dean, Chief People Officer, as she shares key values she communicates when building strong teams, the importance of providing clarity to your employees, and why Arctic Wolf is her favorite job she's ever had. Kristin Dean leads the Human Resources and Facilities functions at Arctic Wolf. This is Kristin’s fourth technology company, and she brings years of experience starting and growing successful Human Resources teams for companies going through ...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 7
Our hosts sit down with Mark Manglicmot, Senior Vice President of Security Services at Arctic Wolf, who brings his fun, energetic personality to the podcast while sweating it out over hot sauce! Mark is a US Air Force Veteran and experienced consultant, his experience is concentrated in enterprise security strategy, APT incident response, adversary hunting tactics, security operation center (SOC) formation, Red Teaming and security analytics. He has taught USAF course lectures and college semina...
Feb 09, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 6
In this episode, our hosts sit down with Nick Schneider, President & CEO at Arctic Wolf. As President and CEO of Arctic Wolf, Nick Schneider brings more than 15 years of experience in building global, high-growth technology companies spanning both emerging and established markets. As a veteran in the security industry, Nick has developed expertise in creating best-of-breed technology platforms and world-class sales organizations, which have been the driving force behind Arctic Wolf’s explosi...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 5
In this bonus episode, pack members from around the globe have a conversation about what it looks like for them personally to prioritize mental health and wellbeing. Interested in running with the pack? Explore careers at Arctic Wolf —one of the fastest-growing and exciting cybersecurity companies in the world, to learn about how you can join our Pack, create impact, and influence what’s next in security operations. Do you know your cybersecurity basics for keeping yourself safe? Arctic Wolf wan...
Dec 21, 2023•57 min•Ep. 5
In this episode, our hosts sit down with Clare Loveridge, Vice President and General Manager, EMEA, at Arctic Wolf. Clare is an internationally focused global leader with more than 20 years experience in sales and channel leadership roles at companies like Data Domain and Nimble Storage where she's grown businesses across EMEA. Clare was the first person hired in the EMEA region at Arctic Wolf to start the region almost 3 years ago. In this episode, Clare shares about collaborating across multip...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 4
In this episode, our hosts sit down with Dan Schiappa, Chief Product Officer at Arctic Wolf. Dan is responsible for driving innovation across product, engineering, alliances, and business development teams to help meet demand for security operations through Arctic Wolf’s growing customer base—especially in the enterprise sector. Before joining Arctic Wolf, Dan was CPO with Sophos. Previously, Dan served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Identity and Data Protection Group at RSA...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 3
In this episode, our hosts sit down with Adam Marre, Chief Information Security Officer at Arctic Wolf. Prior to joining Arctic Wolf, Adam was the Global Head of Information Security Operations and Physical Security at Qualtrics. With deep roots in the cybersecurity space, Adam spent almost 12 years with the FBI, holding positions like SWAT Senior Team Leader and Special Agent. In this episode, Adam gives us a peak into the life of a CISO, what keeps him up at night, how he manages stress, and w...
Nov 15, 2023•53 min•Ep. 2
In the first Howler podcast episode, our hosts sit down with Brian NeSmith, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Arctic Wolf. Brian NeSmith is an internationally recognized business leader, bringing more than 30 years of cybersecurity leadership, including extensive experience driving revenue growth and scaling organizations globally. Before founding Arctic Wolf, he served as CEO of Blue Coat Systems, and prior to Blue Coat, CEO of Ipsilon Networks (acquired by Nokia), which became the leading a...
Nov 15, 2023•39 min•Ep. 1
