Barry Field, Chief Executive Officer of AppGate

Barry Field is the chief executive officer of AppGate, a provider of secure access solutions for zero trust, digital threat protection and risk-based authentication.

He is also a partner at private equity firm Medina Capital, where he helps implement and improve portfolio company enterprise sales and go-to-market strategies aimed at increasing revenue and business development.

Field has been in the private sector for more than 30 years. He has experience across the enterprise technology and cybersecurity sectors, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Prior to joining Appgate, Field spent nearly three years as the chief revenue officer of Cyxtera Technologies, a company specializing in data center colocation and interconnection services. Appgate was spun out of Cyxtera in January 2020.

He also had a stint as CEO and board member of Cryptzone, which offers network, application and content security solutions. During that time, he led the execution of the company’s strategic vision, product development, international growth and market expansion efforts.

Additionally, he dedicated nearly 14 years of his career working for Terremark Worldwide.

In his first seven years at the IT service management company, he served as vice president of worldwide sales and regional sales VP. He was then appointed senior VP of commercial sales and was tasked with establishing Terremark as a leader in cloud computing.

He was still a worldwide sales executive for Terremark after it was acquired by Verizon in 2011.

Field graduated from Fairfield University in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.