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Bret Brasso Joins ShieldX Networks as SVP of Worldwide SalesShieldX Networks (ShieldX) today announced that seasoned sales veteran Bret Brasso has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. On the heels of its Series B funding announcement, ShieldX is excited to unveil the newest member of its executive team who brings targeted security industry go-to-market expertise and success to the fast growing, cloud security innovator. Brasso will build out and oversee Sales by engaging companies that desire the efficiencies, cost savings, and automated micro-segmentation solution ShieldX features. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171213005538/en/ 
Security Veteran Bret Brasso Joins ShieldX Networks as SVP of Worldwide Sales (Photo: Business Wire) "We are thrilled to welcome Bret as the newest member of our distinguished executive team," said Dr. Ratinder Paul Singh (News - Alert) Ahuja, CEO of ShieldX. "His extensive cyber security experience makes him te ideal executive to lead our sales effort, and his intimate understanding of go-to-market strategies are absolutely essential as we double down on growing our customer base in the coming months." As former VP of Global Government Sales at FireEye (News - Alert), Brasso successfully led his business unit, and helped grow the company from $80M to $800M in sales which contributed to a high-profile IPO. Prior to that, Brasso held a variety of leadership roles at McAfee (acquired by Intel (News - Alert)), IBM, and Quest Communications where he had an outstanding track record of building and leading high-performance sales teams, as well as identifying and capitalizing on highly profitable market opportunities. "I couldn't be more excited to join a company as groundbreaking as ShieldX which I believe addresses an exploding market space with the right solution at the right time," said Brasso. "With APEIRO, ShieldX has a brilliant technology that will enable companies to achieve their business goals by accelerating cloud adoption safely." ShieldX was founded in 2015 and is led by a team of serial entrepreneurs and technologists with in-depth expertise in cloud computing, network security and software-defined architectures. They purpose-built APEIRO with best-practice cloud principles, technologies and economics in mind so that organizations can reap the benefits of the cloud but also be confident that they are protected against all existing and emerging threats to their cloud infrastructure. Today, ShieldX is accelerating its growth and building out its Sales and Marketing teams to support continued expansion and meet market demand for its highly touted cloud security solution. The company and has seen strong revenue growth this year and is accumulating an impressive list of well-known customers, including Alaska Airlines, Iowa State University and Park Holidays with trials of the technology multiplying rapidly. About ShieldX ShieldX is redefining cloud security to better protect organizations against cyber threats-regardless of where sensitive data resides or how it moves across public, private or multi-cloud environments. Organizations are using APEIRO to scale security and micro-segmentation on demand, support business innovation, meet compliance requirements and protect against the latest cyberattacks. Based in San Jose, CA (News - Alert), ShieldX was founded in 2015 and is privately funded. Contact us at ShieldX.com. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171213005538/en/ |
