Dave Colesante

Chief Executive Officer at Apptega

Chief Executive Officer at Apptega, Dave Colesante is a seasoned security executive who brings more than 30 years of experience in technology, operations and cybersecurity to his role. A veteran of several high-profile managed security providers, he most recently served as the COO of Securonix, where he led the changes to build and scale a successful SaaS SIEM company that was acquired by a large software-focused private equity firm in 2022. As COO of AlertLogic, one of the industry’s first SaaS-enabled managed detection and response providers, he was instrumental in scaling the company's operations prior to its acquisition by a large New York-based private equity firm in 2013. Colesante also served as CTO and COO of a leading managed service provider, VeriCenter, which merged with SunGard in 2007.