(pressebox) Santa Clara, Calif., 10.01.2011 – McAfee Inc. (NYSE:MFE), the world’s largest dedicated digital security company, today announced that it has appointed David Small as vice president of its channel and commercial business in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Small will report to Gert-Jan Schenk, president of EMEA for McAfee. Small started January 4th, and is based out of the McAfee office in Cork, Ireland.
Small joins McAfee from Juniper Networks where he served as vice president of channel sales in EMEA. In this role, he managed channel sales across EMEA for Juniper Networks where he grew the channel partners by 200%.
„David Small is a strong channel professional who brings to McAfee more than 20 years of global sales and marketing experience in security, hardware and networking,“ said Schenk.
„His background and expertise in the networking space, in particular, will help McAfee to further its leadership position in the network security market in EMEA. His ability to grow business and drive strategy, make him an excellent addition to our team.“
David joined Juniper through the acquisition of Netscreen in February 2004 where he was responsible for Channel sales at Neoteris the SSL start up acquired by Netscreen. David began working in Juniper driving Channel Development including the implementation of a global channel strategy. David was appointed Vice President for the Channels in April 2006.
Prior to that David has worked for Trinagy a network reporting start up acquired by HP and for XCel Communications a Network Performance software vendor acquired by Nortel. David also worked for Anite Networks selling networking solutions into the retail sector. Prior to this David worked for Olivetti in a number of roles including Pre-Sales, Sales and Major Account Management.
„McAfee has a very strong product portfolio and an incredible network of partners and alliances across its business,“ said Small. „The company has made great strides and has committed itself to making its channel partners profitable. I’m excited to be a part of the leadership team and look forward to growing its EMEA business.“
Georges Millet, McAfee’s current channel vice president of EMEA, has decided to pursue other business opportunities.
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