Digital.ai welcomes former Informatica CFO Earl Fry to Board of Directors. * November 11, 2026 Digital.ai officially announced the appointment of Earl Fry to its Board of Directors today. Fry previously spent 16 years at Informatica, serving 15 years as its chief financial officer. Furthermore, he brings more than four decades of executive experience in technology, finance, and corporate governance. Company leaders expect his appointment to accelerate strategic commercial initiatives across global markets. Strategic leadership and governance expertise. Digital.ai continues to expand its enterprise footprint as software delivery models evolve rapidly worldwide. Consequently, the company sought an experienced software veteran to strengthen its board leadership. "Earl brings a rare combination of software operating experience and years of board leadership across a number of innovative growth companies," said Stephen Elop, executive chairman of the Digital.ai Board of Directors and senior advisor at TPG. "His judgment will be a tremendous asset to our board as Digital.ai enters its next phase of growth." Meanwhile, artificial intelligence fundamentally reshapes modern application development, security, and enterprise infrastructure. "For more than two decades, Digital.ai has governed software delivery and protected applications for the world's largest enterprises," said Derek Holt, CEO of Digital.ai. "Now AI is changing how software gets delivered, and it's fundamentally changing the economics and scale of attacks. Earl has led companies through market expansion and disruption like this one from both sides of the business, as a CFO and as a chief customer officer, and that experience will be instrumental as we lead our customers through it." Decades of high-impact corporate achievement. Therefore, Fry brings proven operational expertise from leading top-tier software organizations. During his successful 15-year tenure as CFO at Informatica, he helped expand market capitalization significantly. Under his financial leadership, Informatica grew from under $1 billion to over $5 billion in valuation. Additionally, Institutional Investor named him software CFO of the year for five consecutive years at Informatica. Besides managing core corporate finances, Fry directed global customer support and professional service organizations at Informatica. Thus, he consistently maintained industry-leading customer satisfaction and renewal rates above 95% at Informatica. Later, he formally served as chief customer officer across global business operations. Earlier in his distinguished career, he also held CFO positions at Omnicell, C·ATS Software, and Weitek. "Digital.ai is at a very interesting and important juncture in its history, with AI and Agents rapidly disrupting how software is developed, tested, deployed, and protected," said Fry. "With a strong, balanced executive team and a loyal, blue-chip customer base, Digital.ai is poised to capitalize on that change. I'm excited to help the company move quickly." Currently, Fry serves on the boards of directors at Backblaze and Central Pacific Financial. At Central Pacific Financial, he actively chairs the corporate risk committee. Furthermore, he previously chaired public audit committees at Hawaiian Airlines and Xactly. Academic credentials include an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BBA from the University of Hawai'i. Ultimately, Digital.ai positions itself for long-term category leadership with this key executive appointment. For more stories on technology leaders shaping the future of enterprise solutions, visit its CXO Insiders.

Digital.ai has appointed Earl Fry, former chief financial officer of Informatica, to its board of directors. The Raleigh-based company announced the move on November 10, 2026. Fry spent 16 years at Informatica, 15 of them as chief financial officer. During that time its market capitalisation grew from under $1 billion to over $5 billion. He later served as chief customer officer and has chaired the audit committees of three public companies. He sits on the boards of Backblaze and Central Pacific Financial. "Digital.ai is poised to capitalize on that change," Fry said, referring to AI's disruption of software development. Digital.ai says 53% of the Fortune 100 use its software delivery and security products.