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| Alison Heath, Emma Gascoigne, Julie Bown, Mike
Weir, Jon Sheather and Nicola Gingell have joined the UK sales
team. |
Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses
and spam, has announced a major expansion to its UK sales team,
with the appointment of six new employees. The company's growth and
associated restructuring now provides a dedicated point of contact
for each reseller, further enhancing its position as a 100%
channel-focused vendor.
The six new members of the UK sales team bring a wealth of
experience to Sophos from many areas of the IT industry, including
Microsoft, IBM and BT.
Joining the UK leadership team will be Alison Heath, who joins
as the regional business manager and will continue to build the
business relationship with Sophos's top 60 channel partners around
the UK. Heath has more than 20 years experience in the IT industry,
and joins from Fujitsu Siemens, where she held the role of
corporate channel sales director. She has also held senior sales
and manager roles at ASP, Netstore; leading memory manufacturer,
Kingston Technology; major European distributor, Merisel; and
Compaq.
"I am delighted to be part of this growing team and look forward
to taking advantage of the growth opportunities Sophos has in the
UK market," said Heath. "Empowering the channel to help its
customers better tackle viruses, spam and spyware is vital. With
some highly talented and experienced individuals working alongside
me, I feel that this is a very positive career move."
Julie Bown joins Sophos as a channel business manager and will
work with some of the company's top channel partners in London.
Emma Gascoigne will also be a channel business manager and joins
Sophos from its channel partner, Trustmarque Solutions.
Mike Weir and Nicola Gingell both join as internal account
managers, while Jon Sheather joins as corporate sales
executive.
"The team's expansion should form the platform for strong and
advantageous channel partnerships," said Stuart Small, UK sales and
marketing director at Sophos. "In providing each partner with a
dedicated point of contact, we can ensure they are getting all the
necessary support from us."
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.