Press Release
FaceTime Taps Secure Computing Exec for Top Sales Slot
Network Security Veteran Joins Leading Visionary in Secure Web Gateway Market
BELMONT, CALIF. - April 2, 2008 - FaceTime Communications, the leader in
security, compliance and management for the new Internet, today announced it
has appointed Vincent Schiavo as senior vice president, worldwide sales.
Schiavo joins FaceTime from Secure Computing, where he was senior vice
president of worldwide sales and led the company's growth from $36 million to
more than $300 million per year during his six and a half year tenure.
Reporting to FaceTime chief executive officer Kailash Ambwani, Schiavo will be
responsible for expanding FaceTime's worldwide sales reach, including
aggressive channel sales activities for the mid-market, as well as increasing
visibility within the large enterprise market for securing the
real-time Internet.
FaceTime's secure Web
gateway and instant message security products allow enterprises to
enable a variety of real-time communications and Web 2.0 applications safely
for their employees, including public IM,
enterprise IM,
Skype, social networking and
unified communications.
"Vince brings a powerful combination of start-up experience and a wealth of
knowledge in the Web security space," said Ambwani. "Welcoming Vince to our
team, I'm confident that he will have an immediate impact on our worldwide
sales and channel activities and will be invaluable in helping grow the company
to the next stage."
"Drawing from my experience with large customers' efforts to secure their
enterprises, I know that management and control in the world of Web 2.0
requires much more than traditional e-mail spam and URL filters," said Schiavo.
"I'm exited to join FaceTime's team on the leading edge of Web security,
enabling companies to embrace and enable the safe use of social networking,
instant messaging, and unified communications in the enterprise."
Prior to Secure Computing, Schiavo was president of PolyServe, a startup
pioneer in the virtualization space, which was sold to Hewlett-Packard Corp. in
2007 for more than $200 million. He also has served as vice president of sales
at Sonic Solutions, and in various sales roles with Apple Computer and Data
General. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University
of Maryland.
About FaceTime Communications
FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of the new,
real-time Internet including instant messaging, Web applications, social
networking 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 and Jabber.
FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit
http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE. The FaceForward blog, at
http://blog.facetime.com, offers thoughts and opinions about the changing
nature of Internet communications.
PR Contact:
Joshua Barnes
A&R Edelman
650-762-2865
joshua.barnes@ar-edelman.com
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