Security news19 September 2006
Sophos Inc names Michael Rogers as new VP of Channel Sales Former McAfee executive to lead North American channel operations
Michael Rogers appointed as Vice President of Channel Sales.
Sophos, a world leader in integrated threat management solutions, has appointed industry veteran Michael Rogers as vice president of channel sales. Rogers will drive channel sales initiatives from the company's US headquarters in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. In this new role, Rogers will help identify new market opportunities and further align company resources with channel objectives, including marketing, product management, and sales.
"With years of extensive leadership experience in our industry, we are delighted to welcome Michael to our team," said Mark Hatton, president of Sophos, Inc. "Sophos recognizes the critical role of the channel for our continued growth in North America. I am confident that Michael has the experience and dedication to build upon Sophos's channel success."
Rogers has held several key positions in the network security industry. Prior to joining Sophos, he served as vice president of sales at Elemental Security, an enterprise policy and risk management company where he built and launched the sales and system engineering group and established a global channel infrastructure. Rogers also held several key positions at McAfee including regional, national and international sales and responsibility for growth of the global small to medium size business category.
"With its industry leading solution set, future product vision and superior global support infrastructure, Sophos is uniquely positioned to achieve accelerated growth in the marketplace," said Michael Rogers, vice president of channel sales at Sophos. "The channel is the only way to truly achieve the scale we need - a reality I have found since my earliest days selling technology solutions. Sophos has earned its leadership position in the market by consistently delivering solid, integrated security solutions while keeping its customers and channel partners top of mind."
Sophos has a comprehensive channel program that provides exceptional support to partners, including sales lead generation, marketing, training, and sales and technical support. Sophos understands the business objectives of its partner base with the goal of providing not only new revenue opportunities, but providing its partner community with an opportunity to enhance their security offerings and presence in the marketplace.
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About Sophos
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.
