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Friday, January 07 2022 - 15:38
AsiaNet
Acronis appoints Michael Callahan as Chief Marketing Officer
SINGAPORE, Jan. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

With more than 20 years of security marketing experience, Callahan will focus 
on extending Acronis' industry leadership in cyber protection for service 
providers and enterprise organizations 


Acronis, a global leader in cyber 
protection(https://www.acronis.com/en-us/articles/what-is-cyber-protection/), 
announced the appointment of Michael Callahan as its new Chief Marketing 
Officer. Callahan joins the team with extensive sales and marketing experience, 
serving in senior leadership roles at companies such as McAfee, HP, and 
Juniper, and most recently as the Senior Vice President of Global Marketing for 
Cofense.

As Acronis' Chief Marketing Officer, Callahan will develop Acronis' global 
brand position while increasing awareness of the Cyber Protect Cloud Platform. 
With COVID-19 accelerating digital transformation solutions and the migration 
to cloud and hybrid solutions, organizations need an effective security 
solution to stop the always-evolving threats. In addition, Callahan will help 
expand Acronis' dedication to nurturing the next group of tech leaders with 
outreach programs around the world, especially in disadvantaged areas.

"Michael will build on the past success and push Acronis' marketing team to 
even greater achievements," said Patrick Pulvermueller, Chief Executive Officer 
at Acronis. "Michael brings more than 20 years of marketing leadership from 
some of the most well-known companies in the industry, and will be instrumental 
in solidifying Acronis' position as a leader in endpoint security. His track 
record of driving impressive growth from the brands he developed excites us for 
what is to come under his leadership and expertise." 

Callahan is a metrics-driven marketing executive with extensive 
software-as-a-service (SaaS) security domain experience, serving in leadership 
roles at McAfee, HP, Firemon and Zimperium, where he effectively managed and 
led global teams. This is essential experience for this position as Acronis 
prides itself on being an internationally connected company with offices and 
employees around the globe, enabling the company to reach broader demographics 
and extend its grasp on the cyber protection markets.

Michael will continue to increase Acronis' visibility across the cybersecurity 
space as a leader in cyber protection by focusing on the value of Acronis' 
security solutions – such as Acronis Cyber Protect 
Cloud(https://www.acronis.com/en-us/products/cloud/cyber-protect/) – designed 
specifically to be delivered as a service through service providers or 
enterprises protecting their organizations.

2021 was the most successful year in Acronis 
history(https://www.acronis.com/en-us/pr/2021/10/26-13-28.html), with the 
Acronis US cloud business growing 77% year-over-year and Acronis Cyber Protect 
delivering protection to over 750,000 businesses. Callahan will build on the 
success from 2021, including the $250 million 
investment(https://www.acronis.com/en-us/pr/2021/05/04-11-33.html) from CVC 
Partners in May of last year to further enhance Acronis' go-to-market 
initiatives by expanding its broad partner network of managed service providers 
(MSPs) to keep the momentum going in 2022.

"I'm very excited to be joining Acronis at a time when the value of our 
solutions is rapidly gaining traction in the market resulting in exceptionally 
fast growth that allows us to continue to invest in solutions to our customers' 
problems. As the world moves towards a cloud-based digital ecosystem, it's more 
important than ever to make sure cybersecurity solutions effectively stop 
threats so security leaders can protect their organizations," said Callahan.

About Acronis

Acronis unifies data protection and 
cybersecurity(https://www.acronis.com/en-us/articles/what-is-cyber-security/) 
to deliver integrated, automated cyber protection that solves the safety, 
accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security (SAPAS) challenges of the 
modern digital world. With flexible deployment models that fit the demands of 
service providers and IT professionals, Acronis provides superior cyber 
protection for data, applications, and systems with innovative next-generation 
antivirus, backup(https://www.acronis.com/en-us/solutions/cloud-backup/), 
disaster recovery, and endpoint protection management solutions powered by AI. 
With advanced anti-malware powered by cutting-edge machine intelligence and 
blockchain based data authentication technologies, Acronis protects any 
environment – from cloud to hybrid to on premises – at a low and predictable 
cost.

Founded in Singapore in 2003 and incorporated in Switzerland in 2008, Acronis 
now has more than 1,700 employees in 34 locations in 19 countries. Our Acronis 
Cyber Protect solution is available in 25 languages in over 150 countries and 
is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses.

SOURCE: Acronis

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