Tom Heckel

Tom Heckel is an experienced sales professional currently serving as an Enterprise Account Executive at Chainguard since February 2024, specializing in hardened container images that enhance application security. Prior to this role, Tom worked in Enterprise Sales at ngrok, facilitating rapid app deployment for over 5 million developers. Tom also held the position of Regional Sales Manager at Okta, leading enterprise sales in the Los Angeles market, and served as a Majors Account Executive at Box, addressing content management needs in the Houston market. Earlier career roles included positions as Strategic Account Executive at Mindjet, Regional Account Manager at MyNewPlace, and Account Executive at Coit Staffing, where Tom excelled in executive recruiting for top-tier venture capital firms. Tom graduated from the University of San Francisco in 2005.