Lauren Zajac

Lauren Zajac is the Chief Legal Officer at ExtraHop, where she oversees the company's global legal, ethics and integrity, and compliance strategy and operations.

To her role at ExtraHop Lauren brings more than two decades of experience building and leading legal and compliance operations aligned to strategic business outcomes for high-growth technology companies, including Workhuman, Macromedia, Metatomix, and Riverdeep (now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology). In addition to her in-house professional experience, Lauren previously ran her own legal practice advising small to midsize businesses and startups.

Outside of her corporate role, Lauren serves as board chair for Leadermom and is on the board of The Soul Project. She is a champion of girls' education in science and technology and the support and resourcing of women in technology and an advocate of female leadership. She is also a charter member of TechGC, an independent, invitation-only, peer community for General Counsels and a member of the Forbes Technology Council.

Lauren holds a B.A. in English from Boston College and a J.D. from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.