Carbon Black announced Kane Lightowler has been promoted to senior vice president of Americas field sales, a new role based in Palo Alto, California. Lightowler previously served as Carbon Black’s vice president & managing director, Asia Pacific & Japan. Replacing Lightowler in APJ is Matt Bennett, who has been named vice president and managing director of the region. Lightowler has nearly 20 years of experience, holding numerous roles across the cybersecurity sector ranging from technical to executive commercial and business roles. Prior to joining Carbon Black, Lightowler was vice president of strategic accounts at Imperva, where he spent more than six years driving growth in new markets, new customer segments, and new solutions across APJ. Taking over Lightowler’s previous role is security and technology veteran Matt Bennett, who has been named vice president and managing director of APJ. Bennett was most recently vice president of APJ for MobileIron. Bennett, who will be based in Hong Kong, brings more than 20 years of experience working with customers around the globe to overcome security challenges.