AUSTIN — March 6, 2025 — Sonar, the leader for integrated code quality and code security solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of two executives to its leadership team. Jean Compeau will join as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Eyal Ben David will take on the role of Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and General Counsel, effective immediately.
“We are thrilled for Jean and Eyal to join Sonar. Their respective experiences in scaling fast-growing technology companies will be hugely beneficial to Sonar as we expand our global footprint and impact,” said Tariq Shaukat, CEO at Sonar. “Sonar’s continued profitable, double-digit growth puts the company in rare standing and we are incredibly excited to accelerate our scale and investment over the next several years.”
Jean Compeau brings over 30 years of extensive experience in finance and strategic business inside the technology industry, with deep expertise in scaling and leading high-growth companies. As the Deputy CFO of global cybersecurity leader Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), she played a key role in scaling the company’s growth from $255M to $7B in revenue, including successfully executing and integrating over 25 acquisitions. Jean’s experience in transforming business models, capital allocation, tax planning, and digital transformation will be crucial as Sonar continues to expand and evolve.
“I am deeply honored to join Sonar at such a pivotal time,” said Compeau. “I cannot think of a more exciting time to be a part of the company’s future growth. Sonar’s commitment to enhancing high-quality, secure code and increasing developer productivity is remarkable. I look forward to joining this strong leadership team and partnering with talented employees to unlock Sonar’s full potential and take the company to new heights.”
Eyal Ben David, a seasoned legal executive, joins Sonar with a strong background in scaling global legal teams and advising on public company securities matters and corporate governance. Eyal previously spent 8 years as General Counsel at JFrog (NASDAQ: FROG), the global developer tools leader. JFrog helps to automate DevOps, SecOps, and IoT organizations, enabling continuous and fast software updates. At JFrog, he played a key role in helping to rapidly scale, navigate several acquisitions, and successfully IPO in 2020. His comprehensive experience in legal processes, intellectual property, and strategic transactions will help accelerate Sonar's next phase of growth.
“I am excited to join the talented team at Sonar and contribute to its mission of supercharging developers so they can build better, faster. This is an incredible opportunity to help grow a world-class company in a dynamic industry, and I look forward to the journey ahead,” said Ben David.
Both Jean and Eyal will be relocating to Austin, Texas, as part of Sonar's rapidly expanding presence in this key tech hub which includes its CEO, Tariq Shaukat, and Chief People Officer, Clarissa O’Connell. Sonar’s growing Austin office complements its rapidly growing presence in Geneva, London, Bochum, and Singapore.
“Jean and Eyal bring critical depth and expertise to our executive team. They have unique experience to help us scale rapidly, improve our customer and market impact, and diversify our businesses. I am thrilled that they are joining our fast-growing team,” said Olivier Gaudin, Founder of Sonar.
The news of Jean and Eyal’s arrival follows the recent expansion of Sonar’s Executive Leadership team. Since 2024, the team has grown to include Abhik Roychoudhury (Senior Advisor), Charley Webb (Chief Marketing and Operations Officer), Clarissa O’Connell (Chief People Officer), Darryl West (Senior Advisor), Harry Wang (Chief Growth Officer), Lynne Doherty (President of Field Operations), and Rick Harshman (GM, EMEA and APJ).
About Sonar
Sonar helps prevent code quality and security issues from reaching production, amplifies developers' productivity in concert with AI assistants, and improves the developer experience with streamlined workflows. Sonar analyzes all code, regardless of who writes it—your internal team or genAI—resulting in more secure, reliable, and maintainable software. Rooted in the open source community, Sonar’s solutions support over 30 programming languages, frameworks, and infrastructure technologies. Today, Sonar is used by more than 7 million developers and 400,000 organizations worldwide, including the Department of Defense, Microsoft, NASA, MasterCard, Siemens, and T-Mobile.