Arlene Watson is the CEO and Founder of Bltz AI, a company focused on Agentic AI Security that eliminates risks beyond traditional detection. She is a seasoned technology executive with 25 years of experience in cybersecurity and enterprise SaaS, known for leading products from concept to market and scaling solutions across thousands of organizations worldwide.

Before founding Bltz AI, Arlene held high-impact leadership roles at several global cybersecurity and enterprise platforms:

- Tenable (VP of Product & Engineering): Led product suites that comprised over $800M+ ARR, driving category leadership and trusted by more than 40,000 organizations globally.

- CrowdStrike (Director of Engineering): Founded and scaled a new cloud security product line from 0 to over $100M+ ARR, with adoption by hundreds of Fortune 500 companies.

- ServiceNow (Director of Engineering): Drove product innovation in security and compliance within one of the fastest-growing enterprise SaaS platforms, scaling for global customers.

As the founder of Bltz AI, Arlene is focused on creating adaptive defenses that safeguard autonomous AI systems in real time, reducing risk and operational cost.