Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses
and spam, has appointed Stuart Small as UK sales and marketing
director. Based at the company's headquarters in Abingdon,
Oxfordshire, Stuart will lead the sales and marketing teams in
growing Sophos UK's market share via its established channel
partners.
Stuart joins Sophos from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) where he
was UK sales director. Responsible for developing the company's
routes to market, including re-engineering its channel business,
his efforts were rewarded with the doubling of D&B's channel
business turnover in an 18-month period. Stuart has also held
positions at a raft of leading technology companies, including
Reuters, Siemens, ECS and OneSource.
"As the leader for our UK sales and marketing efforts, Stuart
will help Sophos hit its growth objectives while ensuring his teams
are both happy and focused," said Dr Jan
Hruska, CEO and co-founder of Sophos. "With his wealth of
experience in the high-tech industry, Stuart is well placed to
maintain our impressive momentum, further bolstering our presence
in computer security market."
"I knew of Sophos by reputation: its financial successes, its
high-quality products and its first-class customer service," said
Stuart Small. "I'm looking forward to the challenge of building
upon the company's brand-awareness and, by further strengthening
our excellent channel relationships, boosting our sales in both the
enterprise and small business sectors."
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.