CrowdStrike appoints Jonathon Dixon to drive growth and AI cybersecurity across Japan and Asia Pacific

• Most recently, Dixon was vice president and managing director for Japan and Asia Pacific at Verkada
• Tasked with accelerating AI-powered cybersecurity across JAPAC via the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform

CrowdStrike has announced the appointment of Jonathon Dixon (pic) as vice president and managing director for the Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) theatre. With more than twenty-five years of cybersecurity and IT leadership experience, Dixon will drive AI-powered cybersecurity transformation across JAPAC by accelerating adoption of the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform.

Dixon is an accomplished cybersecurity and IT leader with a proven track record of driving sales growth, market expansion, and ecosystem development across JAPAC. Most recently, as vice president and managing director for Japan and Asia Pacific at Verkada, he led go-to-market (GTM) and operational teams, scaling the company’s presence across the region.

Prior to joining Verkada, Dixon served as vice president and managing director for Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China (APJC) at Cloudflare, where the region became the company’s fastest-growing theatre under his leadership. Throughout his career with global technology leaders including AWS, Cisco, and IBM, he has led multi-billion-dollar regional business segments and driven strong revenue growth through GTM execution, channel development, and operational excellence.

“We are pleased to welcome Dixon as we continue to build momentum across JAPAC. He brings a rare mix of regional insight and experience scaling businesses, which will be critical to our continued growth,” Michael Sentonas, president of CrowdStrike said. “JAPAC is a key growth theatre as organisations modernise their security for the AI era. Under Dixon’s leadership, we will expand our presence and support more organisations in strengthening their security posture as threats continue to evolve.”

“CrowdStrike is leading cybersecurity in the AI era, delivering technology organisations across JAPAC need to secure a rapidly evolving threat landscape,” Dixon said. “I am thrilled to join the company as it continues to transform cybersecurity and define AI-native platform protection.”