juliette rizkallah — Chief Marketing Officer @ Kong | Building the AI Connectivity Layer of the Future | IPO-Ready Brand Architect | Board Member

About juliette

I’m Juliette Rizkallah, CMO at Kong, where we’re building the AI connectivity layer for the agentic era.I’ve spent 30+ years in high-tech marketing across cybersecurity, identity, cloud, and infrastructure. I started my career in strategy consulting at Bain & Company and Arthur Andersen, which grounded my approach to growth marketing in structured problem-solving. I’ve since held executive roles at Oracle, CA, Business Objects–SAP, and Check Point Software.In 2015, I joined SailPoint as CMO and helped scale the company to a $5.2B IPO. I later led marketing at A Cloud Guru through its $2B acquisition by Pluralsight in 2021. These outcomes shaped how I build with structure, alignment, and long-term enterprise value in mind.Since 2021, I’ve led global marketing at Kong. We help engineering and platform teams manage APIs and AI traffic at scale, powering real-time infrastructure across many industries including finance, healthcare, and government.What sets me apart is my focus on exit-ready marketing. I specialize in translating technical complexity into commercial impact for skeptical audiences like CISOs, developers, and architects. I build marketing engines that drive valuation, not just awareness. I currently serve on the board of Elemica.I believe there is no AI without APIs. You cannot scale intelligent systems without the connectivity layer underneath.If you’re building infrastructure for the AI era, visit konghq.com and let’s talk.