The Stevie Awards are hailed as "the business world's own
Oscars".
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, today
announced that Mark Hatton, president of Sophos North America, has
been named a finalist for the 2007 International Stevie® Awards.
Hatton's commitment to the company's North American success
significantly strengthens Sophos's overall industry leadership
position and profitability. Simultaneously, his determination,
roll-up-the-sleeves attitude and demonstrated experience empowers
employees to achieve and exceed their individual goals. As the
Stevie Awards recognize the efforts, accomplishments and positive
contributions of business-people worldwide, being named a finalist
for his work to date is a great honor for Hatton.
Since joining Sophos in 2002, Hatton has been a key contributor
to the company's continued growth and success. Alongside Sophos's
CEO, Steve Munford, Hatton works aggressively with the executive
team to fulfill the company's vision. To date, his collective
efforts have driven the North American region to achieve Sophos's
strongest year-over-year performance in revenue growth - an
industry record increase of 50 percent.
Underpinning that growth and the company's continued success
since its last fiscal year-end (March 2007), Hatton spearheads
Sophos North America's major technological advancements and sales
and marketing strategies. His guidance throughout the company's
ENDFORCE acquisition is largely responsible for the easy
integration of the newest Sophos team members and technology. As a
result of this successful acquisition, the company now leads the
industry in providing the next generation of comprehensive,
integrated threat management product offerings - complete with
ENDFORCE's renowned endpoint security policy compliance and network
access control (NAC) solutions.
Sophos North America's recent shift to a 100 percent channel
sales model also marks another milestone occurring during Hatton's
tenure. The region's new sales strategy, introduced in April 2007,
further impacts revenue growth for the company and clearly
demonstrates the company's unwavering commitment to customer
service - Sophos's key, competitive differentiator. The total
channel partner program supporting the strategy is currently the
security industry's highest ranked program per VARBusiness
Magazine's recent annual report card ratings.
The 2007 International Stevie® Awards gala was held on Monday,
September 10 at the Marriott Hotel in Munich Germany, sponsored by
the German State of Bavaria.
About The Stevie Awards
Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars," Stevie Awards are
conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The
International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in
Business, and the Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards. Honoring
companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the
Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace
worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.
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.