Forcepoint Appoints Vincent Merlin as Chief Marketing Officer
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Forcepoint, an AI data security company, has appointed Vincent Merlin as its new chief marketing officer. In this role, Merlin will oversee global marketing operations including brand, demand generation, product marketing, and analyst relations, reporting to CEO Ryan Windham. Merlin joins from Proofpoint, where he spent ten years in senior marketing roles, most recently as senior vice president of global growth marketing, and contributed to the company's growth from roughly $400 million to over $2.4 billion in annual recurring revenue. His previous experience includes marketing leadership positions at AVEVA, Dell EMC, and RSA. He holds an MBA from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and an engineering degree in quantum photonics and optics. Merlin is scheduled to participate in Forcepoint's AWARE virtual conference on agentic AI security on September 16, 2026. The appointment reflects Forcepoint's focus on helping enterprises maintain control over AI data security.
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