StrongDM
StrongDM sells access management software for enterprise infrastructure and cloud environments. The company raised $110M in a Series C round in May 2024 and employs 95 people.
The growth story
StrongDM grew from 73 to 95 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $110M along the way, most recently a Series C in May 2024.
About
StrongDM provides software that manages and enforces access controls across enterprise IT systems, including infrastructure, applications, and cloud environments. Its platform evaluates identity, context, and policy to authorize or block privileged operations, giving security teams granular control while maintaining user access.
The company raised $110M in its latest funding round in May 2024, bringing its total funding to $110M. Founded in 2015 and based in Burlingame, California, StrongDM employs 95 people.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at StrongDM, with 31 employees. The company has a median tenure of 1 year, indicating relatively high turnover.
The StrongDM org chart
Andrew Drouet (Senior Vice President - Global Sales & Customer Success) leads 29 mapped leaders with 4 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 30 (-43% YoY), Sales 18 (-54% YoY), Information Technology 9 (-36% YoY), Business Development 7 (-59% YoY), Customer Success and Support 6 (-33% YoY), Operations 4 (-20% YoY).
Talent flow
StrongDM recruits heavily from cybersecurity firms, with Palo Alto Networks, Oracle, and Wiz being the top sources of talent. Alumni frequently move to Delinea, BlinkOps, and Cyera.
Most common previous employers of StrongDM staff: Palo Alto Networks (7), Oracle (6), Wiz (5), Salesforce (3), CyberArk (3), Okta (3). Former StrongDM employees most often moved to Delinea (23), BlinkOps (5), Cyera (5), Sandgarden (5), Google (3), Britive (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The StrongDM mafia
StrongDM alumni have founded 9 companies, including Sandgarden, Pauli, and Guilde AI. Sandgarden is the largest, with 12 employees.
9Marty McCall, was Growth Engineer / Head of Brand + Culture + Growth until 2022Rodolfo Campos, was Engineering Manager - Ecosystem until 2023Schuyler Brown, was Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board until 2025Scott Mersy, was Chief Marketing Officer until 2026Justin McCarthy, was Co-Founder, CTO, Board Member until 2026Martin Suchanek, was Data Engineer until 2021
Katherine Klui, was Director Of Recruiting until 2022
Andrew Lewandowski, was Technical Recruiter until 2021
Michael Kory Wilson, was Senior Sales Engineer until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 16% direct, 58% search, 1% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at StrongDM: Microsoft Excel (37), Business Development (37), Microsoft Office (32), Linux (31), Cloud Computing (31), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (30), Social Media (29), Networking (29).
Where the team actually sits
StrongDM people are concentrated in California, United States (12), San Francisco Bay Area (7), Colorado, United States (6), United States (4).
Search footprint
StrongDM attracts about 44,570 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $547K a month if bought through ads. It gained 9,565 ranking keywords and lost 8,614 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 2.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.70 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.80 / 5
Frequently asked
StrongDM has 95 employees as of September 2026.
StrongDM has raised $110M in total, most recently a Series C round in May 2024.
StrongDM was founded in 2015 by McCarthy Justin.
Andrew Drouet (Senior Vice President - Global Sales & Customer Success) sits at the top of StrongDM's reporting structure, with 4 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current StrongDM staff are Palo Alto Networks (7 people), Oracle (6 people), Wiz (5 people).
Former StrongDM employees most often move to Delinea (23), BlinkOps (5), Cyera (5).
At least 9 companies have a founder who previously worked at StrongDM, including Sandgarden, Pauli, Guilde AI.
StrongDM attracts about 44,570 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $547K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among StrongDM staff are Microsoft Excel, Business Development, Microsoft Office, Linux, Cloud Computing.
StrongDM staff are concentrated in California, United States (12), San Francisco Bay Area (7), Colorado, United States (6).
StrongDM has about 30 people in Engineering, down 43% over the past year, as of September 2026.
StrongDM has about 18 people in Sales, down 54% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 76 current and 281 former StrongDM profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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