The appointment follows Yardstik’s $30M Series B and strengthens its focus on workforce security beyond hiring Yardstik, the Human Trust Platform for employers, announced that Nick Schneider, President and CEO of Arctic Wolf, has joined its board of directors. The appointment follows Yardstik’s $30 million Series B, led by Harbert Growth Partners, to expand fraud prevention, continuous monitoring, and credential tracking throughout the worker lifecycle. Schneider has spent more than 20 years building technology companies. Since becoming Arctic Wolf’s President and CEO in 2021, he has driven international expansion and grown it into one of the largest privately held cybersecurity companies. Before Arctic Wolf, he led North American sales at Code42 and held senior sales roles at Compellent Technologies through its IPO and acquisition by Dell. Yardstik and Arctic Wolf address the same problem: keeping bad actors out of company systems and workforces. In June 2025, the Department of Justice dismantled laptop farms enabling North Korean operatives to pose as remote IT workers using stolen American identities. They had secured jobs at more than 100 U.S. companies, including Fortune 500 firms. Some workers stole employer data and attempted extortion. Arctic Wolf monitors networks for threats. Yardstik monitors the person behind the login, checking identity, credential validity, and whether today’s worker is the person who passed the background check. Ponemon’s 2026 research puts average insider risk costs at $19.5 million per organization. Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report links roughly three in ten breaches to an insider. A one-time background check cannot track how workforce risk changes. “Nick has spent his career proving that real security is never a one-time check, it’s a continuous journey,” said Andrew Johnson, CEO of Yardstik. “You don’t scan a network once and call it safe. Every attack surface gets watched continuously except one...the workforce. A candidate clears a background check at the point of hire and nobody bothers to check again. That’s the gap we built Yardstik to close, and Nick understood the importance immediately.” “Companies have invested heavily in securing their networks, but people accessing those systems are still an underprotected part of the security equation,” said Nick Schneider, President and CEO of Arctic Wolf. “Yardstik is bringing a modern approach to workforce risk by giving businesses greater visibility into who is accessing their organization and how that risk can change over time. I’m excited to help the company establish lifecycle workforce protection as a core part of the enterprise security stack as it enters its next stage of growth.” Schneider brings experience turning a security platform into a channel-driven growth engine, a path Yardstik is pursuing through its ATS, HR, and marketplace integration partners. Yardstik Adds Arctic Wolf CEO Nick Schneider to Board of Directors Former Naval Aviator and aerospace executive brings more than 25 years of operational, commercial and corporate growth experience to PDW Performance Drone Works (PDW), a leading U.S. developer and manufacturer of advanced unmanned aircraft systems, announced the appointment of Shawn Hall as Chief Revenue Officer. As Chief Revenue Officer, Shawn will lead PDW’s global revenue strategy, including business development, customer engagement and strategic partnerships across the U.S. and allied nations. He will focus on expanding adoption of PDW systems, strengthening relationships with operators and acquisition leaders and aligning the company’s growth strategy with evolving mission requirements. Shawn is a former Naval Aviator and brings more than 25 years of experience across aerospace and defense, combining frontline operational leadership with a track record of scaling companies and leading complex strategic initiatives. “Shawn has spent his career at the intersection of airpower, technology and growth. He knows what operators need and what it takes to move capability from an idea to real-world adoption,” said James Slider, CEO of PDW. “Our goal is to give operators direct access to decisive airpower when and where they need it. Shawn will lead the growth strategy that turns that vision into fielded capability at scale.” Before joining PDW, Shawn served as an executive at BETA Technologies, where he led growth efforts across the defense and commercial aircraft markets. He also led mergers and acquisitions and played a key role in the company’s $7.4 billion initial public offering. Shawn also previously served as an executive at BBA Aviation plc, and as a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he led the firm’s Aviation Service Line. “PDW is building systems around what operators actually need: adaptable capability, deployed quickly and produced at scale,” said Shawn. “I’m excited to join a team that understands the urgency of the mission and is committed to giving the United States and its allies a decisive advantage at the tactical edge.” Before entering the corporate sector, Shawn spent 11 years in the U.S. Navy. He flew F/A-18 Hornets and Super Hornets, deployed twice to Iraq, including during the opening airstrikes in 2003, served as a tactics instructor pilot after graduating from TOPGUN and led various frontline operational and maintenance organizations. Shawn earned a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy, an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.
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