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Tech Edge hosted a fireside chat on June 9 at Pax8 Beyond 2026 in Salt Lake City with Rob Belgrave, Chief Business Officer at Pax8, and Steve Stone, Chief Customer Officer at SentinelOne, Inc. (NYSE: S). The in-person interview was joined by Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone and they discussed how AI has created opportunities for small and medium businesses and AI-native startups, while at the same time creating new cybersecurity challenges related to agent identity, shadow AI, and AI-enabled attacks.
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About Rob Belgrave
Robert Belgrave is Chief Business Officer at Pax8, where he leads the company’s platform vision and global vendor strategy—aligning partners to accelerate growth, deepen strategic alliances, and deliver greater value across the Pax8 ecosystem. Previously at Pax8, Rob pioneered multiple leadership roles, launching the company’s first international market as CEO, EMEA; bringing HR closer to the business as Chief People Officer; and transforming the company’s operating model as Chief Operating Officer.
About Steve Stone
Steve Stone is a cybersecurity leader and practitioner with deep experience across threat intelligence, incident response, and managed detection and response. As Chief Customer Officer at SentinelOne, Steve leads Technical Services, Customer Success, and Threat Operations, which includes Incident Readiness & Response, Managed Detection & Response, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering, and Incident Response Partners & Cyberinsurance.
Steve has held senior leadership roles at Rubrik, Mandiant, and IBM X-Force IRIS, where he built and led teams spanning intelligence, response, and managed services. His insights on cyber threats have been featured in leading publications including Forbes, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Harvard Business Review. Earlier in his career, he founded the first cyber threat intelligence team for a U.S. Combatant Command and served as a Special Agent with the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Steve holds degrees from the University of Illinois, Jacksonville State University, and Northwestern University.
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About SentinelOne, Inc. (NYSE: S)
SentinelOne (NYSE: S) is the leader in AI security, setting the standard for using AI and automation to give defenders a decisive operating advantage. Built for those who secure our world, its platform delivers unified coverage across endpoints, identity, cloud, and AI. Powered by Autonomous Security Intelligence, SentinelOne stops attacks at machine speed, reducing risk and delivering clarity and control to stay one step ahead. Headquartered in Mountain View, California with teams worldwide, SentinelOne protects nearly one-fifth of the Fortune 500 and hundreds of Global 2000 enterprises. From Main Street to Wall Street, the world’s most critical organizations trust SentinelOne with their security.
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About Pax8
Pax8 is the global AI and cloud Marketplace for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Pax8 connects service providers and technology companies on a unified platform to discover, buy, sell, deploy and manage technology solutions for SMBs. More than 47,000 IT partners and 800,000 SMBs rely on Pax8 for expertise, automation and real-time insights to stay productive, protected and prepared for the AI economy.
