Anthony James has over 20 years of executive marketing and product management experience in the cybersecurity industry. James returned to Fortinet in 2026 to lead global positioning and product messaging, and to help increase market adoption of the company's enterprise security portfolio. He previously held executive leadership roles at Fortinet (2004 to 2010) during our pivotal transition from an emerging startup to a major public enterprise.

Prior to rejoining Fortinet, James was the Vice President of Product Marketing at ExtraHop, where he drove messaging for AI-driven telemetry and network detection and response. His extensive career in Silicon Valley includes serving as Vice President of Product Marketing at Infoblox and Chief Marketing Officer at TrapX Security. In addition, he held key executive leadership roles at many successful security startups including Cyphort, FireEye, and Blue Coat.