Carolyn Herzog is a C-Suite executive with over 25 years of broad technology experience in multinational companies, having worked across the U.S. and in other countries.  Currently, Carolyn is Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of Elastic (ESTC), the global Search Powered AI Company. 

Prior to Elastic, Carolyn was the EVP, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer for Arm Ltd., the world’s leading semiconductor IP company, with its headquarters in the U.K. and owned by SoftBank Group Corp. (SFTBY), a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Tokyo that focuses on investment management.   Before joining Arm, Carolyn was the VP, Deputy GC, and CCO for Symantec Corporation (SYMC), the world’s largest cybersecurity company.  Carolyn joined Symantec through the acquisition of AXENT Technologies, Inc. (AXNT), where she led the transaction as GC.  During her tenure at Symantec, she also served as lead counsel for EMEA, based in London, UK, and subsequently moved to the company’s HQ in California. Prior to her legal career, Carolyn worked in the Africa Department of The World Bank in Washington, D.C. 

In addition to her role on HFSV, Carolyn serves on the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) global boards for the Business Software Alliance. She is also a Partner in SV2, Social Venture Fund.  She also served on Ms. JD’s Advisory boards and the ACC Foundation Cybersecurity Summit.