Matt Nagel is a trusted communications and public relations professional with over 15 years of experience leading PR strategies across both agency and in-house roles. He currently serves as Director of Product and Technology PR at Splunk, a Cisco company, where he leads a high-performing team focused on communications across Splunk’s security, observability, and platform portfolios, as well as partner PR initiatives.

Matt brings deep expertise in cybersecurity, enterprise tech, and strategic storytelling. Prior to Splunk, he led security and privacy PR at Zoom Video Communications, where he managed critical communications initiatives including the successful launch of Zoom’s end-to-end encryption feature. His previous experience also includes roles at Amazon, where he worked on media strategy for Fire tablets and emerging devices, and at Symantec, where he led global communications for security research—spanning topics from election security to cybercrime.

Throughout his career, Matt has built and maintained strong relationships with journalists, mentored teams, and developed high-impact narratives for some of the world’s most recognized technology companies.

He holds an Executive M.B.A. from the Quantic School of Business and Technology, and a B.A. from U.C. Davis. He also earned a “Certified in Cybersecurity” credential from ISC2.