Wayson Vannatta

Wayson Vannatta serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at SonicWall since March 2025, following a tenure as CIO at Nintex from August 2023 to March 2025 and at WatchGuard Technologies from July 2015 to July 2023. Prior to these roles, Vannatta held various leadership positions at Infospace, including Vice President of Technology and Sr. Director of IT and Cloud Operations, from February 2005 to July 2015. Vannatta began a career in technology as a Program Manager at AT&T Wireless from February 2000 to February 2005 and also worked as a part-time MCSE Instructor at Clover Park Technical College from January 1999 to June 2000. Vannatta's experience includes service in the United States Air Force as an Information Manager/System Administrator from January 1993 to February 2000. Vannatta holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Saint Martin's University and an MBA from Columbia College.