High Wire Networks, Inc. has appointed renowned Cybersecurity industry veteran, inventor, and thought leader, John “JP” Peterson, as chief product officer, effective July 17. In this new position, Peterson will be responsible for leading High Wire’s Overwatch Cybersecurity product strategy and development. He brings to the position more than 30 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience in product development, sales engineering and technological innovation at leading global technology and cybersecurity companies, including Ericom (Ericsson), Cisco Systems, Fortinet, Barracuda Networks, Juniper Networks, Comodo, U.S. Robotics and 3Com.

A U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics School graduate, U.S. Marine veteran and avionics engineer, Peterson has also led several tech startups that he helped fund and scale through acquisitions and initial public offerings. A prolific inventor of cybersecurity technology, he is named on 13 patents and patent applications that represent major advances for the industry. As a recognized industry thought leader, he is a sought-after public speaker and media commentator.

Prior to Stellar Cyber, he was general manager of cybersecurity products for Comodo Security Solutions, a global provider of endpoint protection, where he was responsible for product strategy, management, marketing and evangelism, as well as sales enablement and sales engineering.