SentinelOne has appointed Jillian Swenson as vice president of federal sales. Swenson, who announced the appointment in a LinkedIn post, will oversee the company’s federal sales efforts, focusing on expanding revenue, deepening relationships with key government agencies and strengthening partner alignment. She will also be responsible for executing the federal go-to-market strategy while developing and guiding a high-performing, customer-focused team.
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“I see enormous opportunity to expand SentinelOne’s federal footprint — deepening partnerships across the defense and intelligence communities, strengthening our channel ecosystem, and ensuring our nation’s most critical networks are protected by the best technology available,” Swenson said.
Who Is Jillian Swenson?
Swenson is a partner sales leader with over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity and cloud-focused federal business development. Her experience includes developing high-performing teams and aligning agencies, systems integrators and partners to achieve mission goals.
SentinelOne described Swenson as a growth leader “who consistently turns federal opportunity into sustained revenue and long-term impact, executing with discipline in one of the most demanding procurement environments in the world.”
What Experience Does Swenson Bring to SentinelOne?
Swenson joins SentinelOne after nearly five years at Amazon Web Services, where she led the development and scaling of the company’s federal partner ecosystem as head of international growth for global defense partners. During her tenure, she oversaw initiatives to support partner-driven revenue and helped establish a federal small-business organization that reached $300 million within 30 months.
Before joining AWS, she was VP of federal sales at Thinklogical and held sales leadership roles at Black Box Network Services and ExtraHop Networks. She also spent more than five years at Hewlett-Packard, where she revitalized complex federal portfolios and drove consistent double-digit growth in competitive markets. Earlier in her career, she held account management roles at VMware and Dell.
