Leadership Team Meet The Team Of Leaders Guiding Our Global Growth Executive Team Read Bio Norman Girard Chief Executive Officer Norman Girard Chief Executive Officer Norman Girard is responsible for leading the management, strategic direction and execution of the EfficientIP vision. He also sits on the Board of Directors. Prior to EfficientIP, Norman spent 13 years as VP and General Manager for Continental Europe for Varonis, he built an $80M business and attracted over 2,000 new customers. IN THE NEWS Read Bio × Read Bio Sammie Walker Chief Marketing Officer Sammie Walker Chief Marketing Officer Sammie is an experienced marketing leader with deep expertise across cybersecurity, networking, and infrastructure software. She has held senior marketing leadership roles at Infoblox, Zimperium, Bugcrowd, and Deepwatch, where she built high-performing teams, strengthened market positioning, scaled demand generation, and led go-to-market strategy for high-growth technology companies. At EfficientIP, Sammie leads the company’s global marketing strategy, helping strengthen its market presence, deepen customer engagement, and support its next phase of growth. × Read Bio Sandra De Pauliny Chief People Officer Sandra De Pauliny Chief People Officer Sandra is CPO at EfficientIP, bringing 20 years of experience in HR management, business partnering & Tech industry. She is above all a strategic business partner with ability to lead major transformations such as hyper growth with ambitious talent management plans. Prior to EfficientIP, Sandra started at Decathlon before joining Dell where she held senior positions, and then worked at BRL Group, and the Idemia Group. × Read Bio Julien Garcia Chief Financial Officer Julien Garcia Chief Financial Officer Julien is CFO at EfficientIP, managing the Finance and Legal teams for the Group. After spending 10 years within Capgemini in different finance roles and business units, he then was CFO for Prosodie and Odigo. He is a strategic business partner for the Board of Directors and operations, bringing his experience on transformational programs. × Board of Directors Read Bio Quentin Lathuille Director Quentin Lathuille Director Quentin Lathuille is a Partner at Francisco Partners. Based in London, he joined the firm in 2015. Quentin currently serves on the boards of EG Software, Keyloop, Macrobond, Operative, Orisha and Veson Nautical. He also previously served on the board of BluJay. Quentin has an MS from CentraleSupélec in Paris, France as well as an MS from ESCP Business School in Paris, France. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley. × Read Bio Andrew Kowal Director Andrew Kowal Director Andrew Kowal is a Partner at Francisco Partners. Based in San Francisco, he joined the firm in 2001. Andrew currently serves on the boards of Accela, Boomi, Everfox, Forcepoint, GoTo, and LastPass. He also previously served on the boards of Aderant, Corsair, Ichor Systems, iconectiv, Magnachip, Metrologic, Mitel Networks, Optanix, ShoreGroup, Source Photonics, and Tile. Andrew has a B.S.E. from University of Pennsylvania Wharton School. He previously worked at Princes Gate Investors, the private equity arm of the Institutional Securities Division of Morgan Stanley. × Read Bio Federico La Bella Director Federico La Bella Director Federico La Bella is a Vice President at Francisco Partners. Based in London, he joined the firm in 2023. Federico graduated cum laude in Business Administration from University of Turin, and he received a M.S.c. in Management (Diplôme Grande Ecole) from ESCP Europe Paris, with a major in Finance. He previously worked at Citigroup. × Read Bio Norman Girard Director Norman Girard Director Norman Girard is responsible for leading the management, strategic direction and execution of the EfficientIP vision. He also sits on the Board of Directors. Prior to EfficientIP, Norman spent 13 years as VP and General Manager for Continental Europe for Varonis, he built an $80M business and attracted over 2,000 new customers. IN THE NEWS Read Bio × Advisors Read Bio Thierry Drilhon Independent Director Thierry Drilhon Independent Director Thierry Drilhon has 35 years of experience in the technology, digital and innovation sphere, acquired as an executive of world class and mid-sized, private equity-owned companies. He was previously appointed as Managing Director for Microsoft in France. Thierry then joined Cisco Systems as CEO France, later becoming President EMEA, before integrating the World Executive Committee as Senior Vice-President, based in Paris and San Francisco. × Read Bio Bill McCarthy Independent Director Bill McCarthy Independent Director Bill McCarthy is an experienced enterprise technology executive and board director. He brings deep expertise in DDI, infrastructure software and SaaS. He has strong experience in go-to-market strategy and revenue growth. Bill currently serves on the Board of Directors of Appian. He is also Chairman of the Board of Logos, where he previously served as CEO. Previously, he was Chief Revenue Officer and EVP at Infoblox. His experience will support EfficientIP’s next phase of growth and international expansion. × About EfficientIP Read about our history, mission and vision for the company. Learn More News & Events Discover EfficientIP in the news, and events we run and participate in. Learn More
