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Kaspersky Lab Appoints Chris Doggett Managing Director, North America
[April 15, 2014]

Kaspersky Lab Appoints Chris Doggett Managing Director, North America


WOBURN, Mass. --(Business Wire)--

Kaspersky Lab (News - Alert) announced the appointment of Chris Doggett, to the position of Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab North America. As Managing Director of the North American market, Chris is responsible for the company's sales, marketing, and business development functions and for achieving the company's objectives for growth in market share and profitability. Chris also has shared management oversight and responsibility for the public relations, customer support, finance, human resources and information technology functions.

Chris brings more than a decade of sales, marketing and operational experience in the information security market to the company. Prior to his role as Managing Director, Chris was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales, Kaspersky Lab North America, during which time he was responsible for leading the B2B Sales team and implementing changes which have led to exceptional sales growth and material improvements in the group's operating margin.

Chris' leadership over the last two years has helped propel the company momentum and success. During this time the company has won a number of awards and acclaim in both the security technology industry and the channel press. Most recently, in January 2014 Kaspersky Lab was named a "Leader" in the Gartner 2014 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms for the third year in a row. This prestigious recognition further solidifies Kaspersky Lab's status as a top provider of endpoint protection solutions, and puts the company in a position to anticipate double digit growth in 2014 and top the significant sales growth reported in 2013:

  • Sales Growth:
    • New business growth rates doubled over the prior year (2012)
    • Sales in the mid-market segment (250 - 2500) grew by more than 42 percent
    • Sales to existing customers increased in value more than 20 percent on average
  • Partner Growth:
    • Increased the number of deal registration by 25 percent YoY (2012-2013)
    • Recruited over 800 new partners



Steve Orenberg will be stepping down from his position of President, Kaspersky Lab North America. In his new role, Chris will report directly to Garry Kondakov, Chief Business Officer. Prior to joining Kaspersky Lab in 2012, Chris was the global channel sales leader at Sophos and has served in senior leadership roles at several high-growth companies.

Quotes
Chris Doggett, Managing Director
Kaspersky Lab North America

"At Kaspersky Lab, it's always been our commitment to provide world class endpoint protection solutions, as well as to remain on the cutting edge of thought leadership and innovation. Our focus, drive and passion combined with our unwavering commitment to our channel partners is what makes us such a successful and rewarding company. I look forward to beginning a new chapter at the company, to leading an exceptional team, and to working together to take the company's long-held commitments, significant momentum and outstanding growth to the next level."


About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is the world's largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. The company is ranked among the world's top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users*. Throughout its more than 16-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for large enterprises, SMBs and consumers. Kaspersky Lab, with its holding company registered in the United Kingdom, currently operates in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 300 million users worldwide. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.

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* The company was rated fourth in the IDC (News - Alert) rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor, 2012. The rating was published in the IDC report "Worldwide Endpoint Security 2013-2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares (IDC #242618, August 2013). The report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2012.


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