[Editor’s Note – February 24, 2026: This article has been updated to correct the quotations attributed to One Identity CEO Praerit Garg and CTO Gihan Munasinghe, and to remove an incorrect reference to Munasinghe having previously served as Chief Product Officer at Omada.]
Identity security vendor One Identity has appointed Gihan Munasinghe as chief technology officer, the company announced.
According to One Identity, Munasinghe brings more than 15 years of experience leading global engineering organizations and delivering large-scale, customer-centric software platforms. In the role, he will lead the engineering organization and set technology strategy, with a focus on innovation aligned with customers’ evolving security, operational, and deployment needs.
Prior to joining One Identity, Munasinghe held senior leadership roles at several enterprise software firms, the company said. One Identity described his background as including work scaling global engineering teams and modernizing complex legacy platforms to drive product innovation, as well as building high-performance cultures and supporting operational excellence across distributed user bases.
“Delighting customers starts with the products they rely on every day,” said Praerit Garg, CEO of One Identity. “Gihan brings the right combination of technical depth, operational discipline, and customer-first thinking to help us continue innovating and evolving our core platforms, while accelerating our SaaS delivery model that customers increasingly demand. His leadership will be critical as we transform how we build, operate, and scale our technology.”
Munasinghe said the appointment comes at an important point for both the company and the identity security market.
“This is a pivotal moment for One Identity and the identity security industry,” said Munasinghe. “Customers expect products that are not only innovative, but also reliable, secure, and easy to consume. I look forward to working with the team to strengthen the products customers trust today, while delivering the quality, scale, and the innovation velocity their businesses demand for the future.”
One Identity positioned the appointment within a broader shift in customer expectations toward fully managed SaaS consumption models. The company said the hire reflects its commitment to building and delivering enterprise-grade software with the reliability, scale, and security customers expect.
One Identity is a provider of identity security software spanning identity governance and administration, privileged access management, and access management. The company’s offerings support flexible deployment options, from self-managed to fully managed environments, and that it is used by more than 11,000 organizations managing more than 500 million identities.
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
