McClain Mark D.

About McClain Mark D.

Mark McClain is the Chief Executive Officer and cofounder of SailPoint, Inc., where he also serves on the board of directors. His career has been closely tied to identity security and access management, a field in which he helped build several notable technology businesses. He co-founded SailPoint in December 2005 after previously founding Waveset Technologies in 2000, an early pioneer in the identity management market. Following Sun Microsystems’ acquisition of Waveset in 2003, he served as Vice President of Software Marketing at Sun, broadening his leadership experience inside a large public technology company. Earlier in his career, he held international sales and marketing roles at HP and IBM Tivoli Systems, building a foundation in enterprise technology go-to-market strategy. Over time, he developed a reputation for guiding product strategy, market expansion, and executive leadership in cybersecurity and identity governance. At SailPoint, McClain has been central to the company’s focus on identity-first security for enterprises, helping shape its evolution as customer needs expanded across cloud, hybrid infrastructure, privileged access, and modern governance requirements. His leadership is associated with long-term strategic execution, innovation in identity technology, and the ability to scale a specialist software company into a recognized market leader. He earned a B.A. in Economics from Point Loma Nazarene University and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.