RSA Security Makes Four Key Appointments14 December 2005
Media Release
RSA Security Makes Four Key
Appointments
Strengthens ANZ and Asia Pacific management
and technical teams, prepares for new business growth and
stronger customer relationships
SYDNEY, December 13 2005
– RSA Security has announced four key appointments to its
Australia & New Zealand and Asia Pacific operations. This
follows a global reorganisation of the company’s sales and
support operations aimed at broadening the company’s
customer base, expanding its portfolio of products and
services, and aggressively pursuing new business
opportunities across a wider range of industries.
“These
appointments are part of an on-going strategy to strengthen
RSA Security’s operations in all international markets,”
said Richard Turner, Vice President of International Sales
and Operations for EMEA and Asia Pacific. “Already our
fastest growing business, we remain well-positioned for
further growth in the Asia Pacific region and Australia/New
Zealand in particular. The addition of talents like Steve
Terry, Claire Larsen, Gordon Wood and Jonathan Summer allow
us to invest more in key customer and partner
relationships.”
“The recent acquisition of Cyota will give
us an unmatched range of security solutions and services,
opening up exciting new business opportunities. It is
important for us to have the talent and the structure in
place to fully capitalise on those opportunities,” he
said.
Steve Terry has been appointed Sales Director,
Australia & New Zealand. He was previously Managing
Director, Asia Pacific of iPass, based in Hong Kong. Steve
started his career at Newbridge Networks in 1990 where he
held sales and general management posts before moving to
Motorola Information Systems Group as Country Manager in
1994. He joined Wang Global as NSW Sales Manager in 1998 and
then advanced to the position of Managing Director – Pacific
Region of iPass in 1999 before becoming Managing Director,
Asia Pacific in 2003. He took up his new position at RSA
Security in November 2005.
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Claire Larsen has taken up
the position of Marketing Manager, Asia Pacific, based in
Sydney. She was previously Director of Global Marketing
Communications for Rockwell FirstPoint Contact – a contact
centre technology provider based in Chicago, U.S.A. Claire
has over 17 years of experience in the technology industry,
including marketing positions at conference management,
field service management and helpdesk software, and contact
management software firms. She began work at RSA Security in
November 2005.
Gordon Wood has joined RSA Security as
Technical Consultant. He was previously Sales Engineer –
Security Products for McAfee, first in the U.K. and then
based in Sydney. Gordon started his technical career as a
computer operator at University Computing Company in the
U.K. and progressed through client support, sales support,
technical consulting and programming roles before moving to
Australia and joining Hewlett-Packard as a Systems Support
Engineer. He worked in UNIX support for the Roads and
Traffic Authority of NSW before joining IBM Global Services
as UNIX Systems Administrator. He then worked as a security
consultant at Softway/SecureNet before joining McAfee.
Jonathan Summer has also joined RSA Security as Technical
Consultant. He was previously Senior Security and WAN
Professional at Hansen Technologies, a network managed
services and technology company. Jonathan started his career
as a systems administrator and network engineer for a
variety of systems integration firms in Germany, and then
moved in-house to Raiffeisen AG as Network Manager. A move
to Ireland followed, to the position of engineering
specialist in the EMEA customer support centre of Compaq,
followed by another move to the UK as a security consultant
at Internetworking Strategies. He later progressed to a
senior position with Accenture Germany where he was a
security engineer responsible for planning and deploying
network security, and researching and testing new
technologies. Jonathan relocated to Australia in 2001 to
work for Telecom New Zealand as a security architect, before
taking up his role at Hansen Technologies and then RSA
Security.
About RSA Security Inc.
RSA Security Inc.
is the expert in protecting online identities and digital
assets. The inventor of core security technologies for the
Internet, the company leads the way in strong authentication
and encryption, bringing trust to millions of user
identities and the transactions that they perform. RSA
Security’s portfolio of award-winning identity & access
management solutions helps businesses to establish who’s who
online – and what they can do.
With a strong reputation
built on a 20-year history of ingenuity, leadership and
proven technologies, we serve approximately 19,000 customers
around the globe and interoperate with more than 1,000
technology and integration partners. For more information,
please visit
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