Andrew Bradshaw has joined Sophos from Microsoft.
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, has appointed
Andrew Bradshaw as vice president of UK sales and marketing. Based
at the company's UK headquarters in Oxford, Andrew will lead the UK
business in growing Sophos's security and control market.
Bradshaw joins Sophos from Microsoft, where he excelled in a
number of sales leadership roles, most recently as mid-market and
partner director. In this role, Bradshaw was responsible for
revenue growth across 5,000 customers and 1,000 key partners, and
was able to put in place a shared service sales model across a team
of 150, and significantly increase revenues.
Prior to working at Microsoft, Bradshaw spent five years at
Hewlett Packard in a variety of sales positions, the last of which
was solutions sales manager in the financial services sector.
"Sophos is part of an elite group of successful, software
companies enjoying very strong sustained growth - the product
offering is broad and of high calibre, customer service is first
rate, and Sophos's channel is already established and
knowledgeable," said Andrew Bradshaw.
"Heading up UK sales and marketing activities is a great
opportunity, and I look forward to working with Sophos's partners
and scaling Sophos's operation to its full potential. Watch this
space."
"Andrew's appointment is pivotal to Sophos's continued success
in the UK market. Backed by a solid management and sales background
in the IT sector, Andrew's drive and energy make him an ideal
candidate to lead Sophos sales and marketing teams," said Annie Gay,
EMEA vice president at Sophos. "With Sophos delivering even more
security and control to business, through offerings like NAC and application control,
there will be many opportunities to grow market share."
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.