Posted on 7 March 2008 by James Blake

Mimecast Services has announced the appointments of two former SurfControl senior managers, to head up their sales team. 

Julian Martin, Mimecast’s new UK & Europe Business Development Director, is recognised as a technically astute market expert with a keen interest in emerging technologies and innovations – one of the key drivers for joining Mimecast. One of his best known achievements was establishing the UK channel at the start of his six year term at SurfControl, before then successfully taking responsibility for EMEA/Global Alliance Partners and OEM business. In that role he helped establish and develop a strong relationship between SurfControl and Microsoft which drove significant revenues for both partners. His reputation as an executive that drives markets is well known due to an extensive knowledge of all aspects of sales, operations, marketing and a proven ability to develop both product and go to market strategies. Julian recently passed over an opportunity to run his own technology start-up in order to join the Mimecast team.

Alan Kenny, an established sales professional with extensive experience in heading up direct and channel sales teams, has been appointed as Mimecast’s UK & European Sales Director. Few of his contemporaries have made such an impact in such a short space of time, winning the mutual respect of his peers and the channel community alike in 10 years of industry service. With previous placements at both Vistorm and SurfControl, Alan was an instrumental figure in the transition of the SurfControl business model from a predominantly direct sales organisation to a completely channel-focused model.

Peter Bauer, Mimecast CEO, believes that these new high profile appointments will play a key role in the growth of the organisation: “Mimecast continues to focus on meeting customer needs through the highest levels of service, innovation and technology development. We have a clear business objective that ensures we have the very best management teams in place to run the operation and deliver solutions that delight our customers. It is my view that the best way to do this is to work with a team that has the wealth of seasoned experience and industry expertise that each of our new appointments brings to their roles. Each will play a pivotal role in ensuring that Mimecast continues to grow, by building on our established customer base and developing excellent relations with channel partners and forging strong industry alliances.”

About Mimecast

Mimecast is rapidly expanding Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company. They provide an online technology platform that radically improves the way companies manage their most important business communication and data. The offer is a new way of doing things that is cheaper, faster, and more secure and simply put - more intelligent, Mimecast has grown to be a very popular business service on the Internet. Every day Mimecast takes care of millions of emails and documents for thousands of companies around the world. Offices in North America, Europe, South Africa, and Offshore. For more information, visit www.mimecast.com.

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