Press Release
FaceTime Appoints Nick Sears as New EMEA Director
Industry Veteran will Drive European Expansion
London, UK - 28 November, 2005 - FaceTime Communications, the leading
provider of solutions for securing IM, P2P and spyware, has appointed Nick
Sears as Managing Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With over 15
years of experience in IT security and technology markets, Sears will be
responsible for aggressively expanding FaceTime's business across EMEA.
Sears was previously head of US operations at Web and Spyware security firm,
Finjan Software. During his five year tenure, he was responsible for direct and
indirect sales operations in Europe and the USA. Prior to Finjan, Sears spent
seven years at European networking distributor, Azlan. During this time, he
held several director level positions including UK sales director, responsible
for a $200m sales operation and building markets for companies including
Checkpoint, Cisco and Netscape.
Commenting on Sears' appointment, company president and CEO, Kailash Ambwani
said: "Our objective is to keep our global customers one step ahead of the
increasing threats associated with "greynet" applications like spyware, P2P
file sharing and instant messaging. Nick's deep knowledge of Web security
issues and customer requirements will prove instrumental in the delivery of our
compliance and security solutions to organizations worldwide."
Ambwani continues:
"Nick also brings significant experience in creating and driving direct and
channel sales strategies and will play a key role in helping FaceTime achieve
and exceed its aggressive growth plans through partners."
Nick concludes:
"I'm really looking forward to building on the success already achieved by
FaceTime in the USA and establishing strong relationships with partners across
EMEA. Eight of the top ten banks in the USA use FaceTime solutions, and IDC
recently recognised FaceTime as a leading supplier of enterprise instant
messaging management (EIM) technology. Backed by a global product development
team and the expertise of FaceTime Security Labs, we are well-positioned in an
exciting market."
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of instant
messaging, Web usage and Unified Communications platforms. Ranked number one by
IDC for four consecutive years, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by
more than 900 customers – including nine of the 10 largest U.S. banks – for
security, management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime
supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and enterprise
IM network providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype, IBM,
Reuters and Jabber.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE.
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PR Contact:
Emily Chamberlin
650-762-2945
echamberlin@ar-edelman.com
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