Guardant Health, Inc. has appointed Kumud Kalia as the company’s new Chief Information Officer (CIO). Among his responsibilities, he will lead the company’s enterprise applications, information technology, and security teams. Kumud has held technology, operations, and strategy leadership roles within high-tech, energy, telecommunications, and financial services companies. He was most recently Chief Information and Technology Officer at Cylance, Inc., and previously served as CIO at Akamai Technologies. Kumud has received Computerworld’s “best in class” recognition among its 100 Premier Information Technology (IT) leaders and has led teams that have won CIO100, CTO25, and other prestigious industry awards. Organizations under his leadership have repeatedly earned a place on Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT.