Horizon3.ai, the leader in offensive security, today announced the appointment of Andres Botero as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). A seasoned public company executive with more than two decades of experience driving category-defining growth, Botero will lead Horizon3.ai’s global marketing strategy, focusing on market positioning, pipeline generation, and brand amplification to accelerate the company’s growth and strengthen its leadership in autonomous security.

A Proven Leader in Category Creation and Growth

Botero most recently served as CMO at Rubrik, where he played a central role in transforming the company into a definitive leader in cyber resilience. During his tenure, Rubrik doubled its subscription annual recurring revenue (ARR) to over $1 billion, executed a successful IPO (NYSE: RBRK) in April 2024, and earned a top-right placement in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms.

Under Botero’s leadership, Rubrik evolved its positioning from a traditional backup and recovery provider into a cyber resilience category leader, delivering billions in annual pipeline and significantly increasing share of voice against competitors.

Prior to Rubrik, Botero served as Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at BlackLine (Nasdaq: BL), where the company nearly tripled revenue over five years. He also held the role of CMO and head of Alliances and Channels at CallidusCloud (Nasdaq: CALD), which was acquired by SAP for $2.5 billion in 2018.

“Andres is a proven marketing executive with a track record of creating and leading new market categories, driving exponential growth, and building world-class teams. His ability to transform companies into market leaders will be instrumental as we continue to scale globally and redefine offensive security with our NodeZero® platform.”

— Snehal Antani, CEO and Co-founder, Horizon3.ai

Strengthening Leadership in Autonomous Security

Horizon3.ai’s NodeZero® Offensive Security Platform enables organizations to continuously identify and remediate exploitable vulnerabilities, helping them stay ahead of an increasingly complex and rapidly evolving threat landscape.

The company was recently recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the October 2025 Gartner® Peer Insights™ “Voice of the Customer” report for Adversarial Exposure Validation. Horizon3.ai was also ranked third overall on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ list of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America.

Additionally, Horizon3.ai was assessed as “Awardable” in the Department of War’s (DoW) Platform One (P1) Solutions Marketplace, simplifying government access to the NodeZero® platform and enabling rapid adoption of autonomous penetration testing to enhance cyber readiness.

“Horizon3.ai is uniquely positioned to transform the cybersecurity landscape by helping organizations identify and address their most exploitable risks. I’m excited to join this exceptional team and contribute to redefining offensive security while driving global growth and market leadership.”

— Andres Botero, Chief Marketing Officer, Horizon3.ai

Accelerating the Next Phase of Growth

Botero’s appointment follows a series of strategic leadership hires and the company’s recent $100 million Series D funding round led by NEA. Horizon3.ai is accelerating platform expansion, global go-to-market execution, and its leadership position in the rapidly growing autonomous security category.