HR leader joins Tanium’s award-winning culture to guide global people strategy and growth

EMERYVILLE, Calif.: Tanium, a leader in Autonomous IT, today announced the appointment of Carol MacKinlay as its new Chief People Officer. As Tanium continues to invest in its global leadership, team members and culture, MacKinlay will lead the company's global people strategy and operations, including talent development, retention and team member experience, ensuring Tanium continues to offer career-defining opportunities to team members worldwide.

“Carol brings deep expertise, proven leadership and a strong track record of building high-performing teams,” said Dan Streetman, chief executive officer at Tanium. “She joins Tanium at a moment of strong momentum, marked by multiple Best Places to Work recognitions and continued market leadership. Carol’s impact will be instrumental as we continue to expand our global presence, deliver for our customers and maintain Tanium as a great place to work for our team members."

MacKinlay brings more than 30 years of experience building and scaling people organizations at technology companies across all stages of growth, from early-stage startups to public companies. She joins Tanium from Pebl, where she served as Chief Human Resources Officer. During her tenure, she worked to re-energize the company – driving their rebranding from Velocity Global, streamlining the company with new systems and processes to be ready to scale, and instilling a culture of performance with compassion.

MacKinlay has also held senior people leadership roles at companies including Binance.US, Plantronics, Xero, Coverity, Matterport and UserTesting, supporting organizations through periods of rapid growth, transformation and public-market readiness.

“Tanium has built a strong reputation not only for its technology, but for its commitment to people,” said MacKinlay. “I’m excited to join the team and partner with leadership to continue building an inclusive, engaging and high-performance culture – one that enables individuals to do their best work and support Tanium’s long-term success.”

Tanium’s award-winning culture earned global recognition in 2025, including being named on Best Workplace Lists in the UK, France, Japan and Canada. It was also recognized by Inspiring Workplaces as a Most Inspiring Workplace and by Most Loved Workplaces as a Global Most Loved Workplace and America’s Most Loved Workplace.

To learn more about Tanium’s unstoppable culture and join the team, please visit the careers page.

About Tanium

Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. Driven by AI and real-time endpoint intelligence, Tanium Autonomous IT empowers IT and security teams to make their organizations unstoppable.

The company is recognized as a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Management Tools and as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Client Endpoint Management Software for Windows Device Management 2025–2026 Vendor Assessment.

Many of the world’s leading organizations trust Tanium’s single, unified platform for endpoint management and security to innovate faster, stay resilient and move business forward with confidence, at scale.

To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business – visit www.tanium.com and LinkedIn.

Fonte: Business Wire