BURLINGTON, Mass., June 10, 2025 – Black Duck® Software, Inc. (“Black Duck”), a leading provider of application security solutions, today announced the appointment of Dipto Chakravarty as Chief Product & Technology Officer. Mr. Chakravarty brings a 30+ year track record of leading product development and technology teams with domain expertise in AI, data intelligence, cloud security and open source. At Black Duck, he will drive the product strategy, product management, and R&D of cloud platform and operations.
“Welcoming Dipto to our executive leadership team further accelerates our mission of ensuring uncompromised trust in software for an AI-powered world,” said Jason Schmitt, CEO of Black Duck. “Dipto’s extensive background in technology and product development, combined with his proven ability to lead and inspire teams, will be instrumental in driving our next phase of growth. This addition to our executive leadership team will embolden the potential of pervasive and intelligent security services operating transparently at scale throughout the software lifecycle, delivering actionable insight and automated fixes in an AI-dominated future.”
Prior to joining Black Duck, Mr. Chakravarty was CPO of Cloudera where he integrated and cloudified complex data platforms from a merger of data pioneers. He also previously led engineering for Artificial General Intelligence at Amazon Web Services. With extensive experience leading and transforming multiple product portfolios, his appointment as Black Duck’s CPTO progresses our strategy to drive innovation at scale and deliver meaningful results.
About Black Duck
Black Duck® meets the board-level risks of modern software with True Scale Application Security, ensuring uncompromised trust in software for the regulated, AI-powered world. Only Black Duck solutions free organizations from tradeoffs between speed, accuracy, and compliance at scale while eliminating security, regulatory, and licensing risks. Whether in the cloud or on premises, Black Duck is the only choice for securing mission-critical software everywhere code happens. With Black Duck, security leaders can make smarter decisions and unleash business innovation with confidence. Learn more at www.blackduck.com.
