Paul Smolinski
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, announced
today that it has appointed Paul Smolinski to chief financial
officer, global operations. Smolinski will drive business growth
via mergers and acquisitions, as well as capital markets access.
These efforts support Smolinski's additional responsibilities to
develop and implement the company's IPO and investor relations
strategies. Smolinski's role also includes overseeing human
resources and legal services for Sophos. Operating out of the
Oxford, UK office, Smolinski will report directly to Sophos CEO,
Steve Munford.
"Sophos has emerged as a recognized challenger to McAfee and
Symantec in corporate markets, powering growth at twice the
industry rate," said Steve
Munford, CEO for Sophos. "The corporate market is buying our
aggressive vision of product integration, and as the security
industry consolidates we are leading in combining security and
control. Paul's impressive background gives us more firepower to
lead in this consolidation."
Smolinski has more than 15 years of experience in the financial
sector. He joined Sophos from The Innovation Group, Plc. where he
was the group finance director responsible for finance, legal,
human resources and investor relations. Prior to this post,
Smolinski spent more than 10 years at Compaq where he notably
oversaw a team of 220 employees as the director of finance and
administration for the UK and Ireland. He also worked for Ernst
& Young. Smolinski earned a BA in economics from the University
of York.
"It's a privilege to be joining Sophos at a time when the
company is reshaping enterprise security through smart innovation,"
said Smolinski. "For a financial professional, there couldn't be a
more exciting time to enter a company. 2007 will see Sophos
building on its tremendous market potential as we continue
expanding our products and company worldwide."
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.