Newly created role for Australia & New Zealand reflects
growing Sophos presence in this market
Sophos Anti-Virus has appointed Mr Rob Forsyth as Sales Director
for Australia and New Zealand. He is based in Sydney.
In this newly created role for Sophos Anti-Virus in this region,
Rob Forsyth assumes responsibility for the ongoing development of
the company's user base and the management of its sales channels,
both direct and indirect.
Based on his involvement last year with the Sydney Olympics and
Paralympics, he also holds the company's human resources management
brief.
Rob Forsyth spent five years with SOCOG (the Sydney Organising
Committee for the Olympic Games) as Programme Manager for Workforce
Planning and Industrial Relations. In this role, he was responsible
for the planning involved in filling more than 180,000 paid,
volunteer and contract positions.
He was also responsible for the site management of the Blacktown
softball and baseball facilities during the Games themselves.
Earlier, Rob spent ten years with leading Australian IT
executive placement and training agency, A.S.K. Solutions
Group.
In the six years leading up to the Sydney Olympics and
Paralympics, he served on the NSW Branch Executive Committee of the
Australian Computer Society.
Welcoming Rob Forsyth to Sophos Anti-Virus, Mr Stuart Palmer,
Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, said, "Rob's
experience of running complex operations at a demanding pace, plus
his long time involvement in the regional IT scene, make him an
ideal choice for the role of helping move our company forward in
this market. We are delighted to have him join our growing
team."
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.