Actelis Networks, Inc. announced the appointment of Bret Harrison as the new Senior Vice President of Sales and Services for the Americas, to lead the Company’s business development and channel partner expansion efforts in the region. Mr. Harrison brings a strong track record of achievement over the past 20 years in the areas of sales leadership, business development and key partners/alliances management roles within enterprises, global cybersecurity, telecommunications, and IoT solutions companies. Mr. Harrison is returning to Actelis after a previous 10-year tenure with the Company, dating from 2002 through 2012.

During his previous time with Actelis, Mr. Harrison successfully developed Actelis’ market penetration strategy for North America and was responsible for building its North American sales group from the ground up to an eight-figure top line revenue. After his initial time at Actelis, Mr. Harrison was Vice President of Sales and Partnerships at Avaya, where he was responsible for overseeing a nine-figure market and managing over 80 sales representatives. Following his role at Avaya, he was the Vice President of Sales at Check Point Software Technologies, acting in a similar role.

Thereafter, he served as Vice President of North America Service at NCR Corporation, and Regional Vice President of Palo Alto Networks where his efforts and sales coordination contributed to over $100 million in annual revenue.