LogLogic, in log and security management solutions, announced that Guy Churchward is joining the company as its chief executive officer, succeeding Patricia C. Sueltz.

 Churchward assumes the CEO position at LogLogic after serving most recently as vice president and general manager at NetApp, overseeing the Data Protection Group. He brings more than 20 years experience in the information technology industry as a business executive, including more than three years as vice president and general manager of the WebLogic Products group at BEA, with extensive international experience in engineering, sales, strategy and market development. Specifically, Churchward lead the charge on next gen applications infrastructure for virtualization and has expertise in real-time computing models such complex event processing and extreme transaction processing as well as heterogeneous data protection and cloud computing. Churchward will be responsible for guiding LogLogic’s long-term business strategy and continued growth as a leader and innovator in log and security management solutions.

In her two-year tenure as CEO, Sueltz increased the number of LogLogic customers from 400 to more than 1,000, initiated and successfully completed the acquisition and integration of Exaprotect and achieved a leadership position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management.

“This is an exciting time to join LogLogic, coming off a record month for year-over-year billings and with our customers now numbering more than 1,000 worldwide,” Churchward said. “LogLogic is well positioned to innovate around product solutions for our customers and to increase our market share everywhere that we compete.”

“Guy brings critical product and market development experience at an important inflection point in the industry with LogLogic poised to take advantage of tremendous opportunities in this rapidly-changing market environment,” said Michael Goguen, General Partner, Sequoia Capital and Chairman of the LogLogic board. “We are delighted to welcome him to the team.”