Corero Network Security : Announces the Appointment of Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Corero Network Security announces the appointment of Michael Connolly as its US-based Vice President Worldwide Sales.

Michael (Mike) Connolly has over 25 years' experience in the technology industry with significant expertise in leading global sales functions. His formative years were at Dell EMC in the US where he spent 12 years helping build the data-storage leader's presence in a number of key US geographic markets.

More recently he held senior sales roles at Infoblox, a leading network services company; Acopia Networks, a leader in application delivery networking which was acquired by F5 Networks; GridIron Systems, a data acceleration company which was acquired by Violin Memory; Cisco, the worldwide leader in IT and networking; and Intralinks, a leading fintech platform for secure document sharing and collaboration.

Most recently, Mike was Vice President Global Sales for Devo (formally Logtrust), a leading data operations and analytics platform for digital enterprise.

Ashley Stephenson, Corero CEO, commented: 'I am delighted to welcome Mike to Corero and believe his extensive skill set and sales experience will be invaluable as we seek to further expand our business.

'Mike has created an enviable track record of growing the sales of technology companies to $50 million and beyond and I look forward to working with him as we continue to execute on our global three-pronged go-to-market strategy.'

About Corero Network Security

Corero Network Security is a leader in real-time, high-performance DDoS defense solutions. Service providers, hosting providers and digital enterprises rely on Corero's award winning technology to eliminate the DDoS threat to their environment through automatic attack detection and mitigation, with comprehensive visibility, analytics and reporting. This industry leading technology delivers flexible protection that scales to tens of terabits, with a dramatically lower cost of ownership than previously possible. For more information, visit www.corero.com.

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