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Security news29 April 2003
Sophos Anti-Virus names new Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand
Appointment recognises contribution to significant market share increase
Sophos, the world leader in anti-virus solutions for businesses, has appointed Rob Forsyth as its new Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand. He replaces Stuart Palmer who recently left the company to pursue new interests.
Rob Forsyth was previously Sophos's Sales Director for Australia and New Zealand, and in his 18 months with the company, has presided over a period of significant sales growth. Sophos Australia and New Zealand more than doubled its market share in its financial year-ended March 2003, far outpacing the anti-virus software industry average.
He has also been responsible for redirecting Sophos's sales model from being mostly direct to now almost all channel-based. This has included the appointment of more than 20 strategic partners in the last 12 months including Kanbay and Getronics.
Rob Forsyth now assumes overall control for Sophos Australia and New Zealand including the company's marketing, technical support and research operations.
Prior to joining Sophos, Forsyth spent five years with SOCOG (the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games) as Programme Manager for Workforce Planning and Industrial Relations. In this role, he was responsible for the planning and management involved in filling more than 180,000 paid, volunteer and contract positions. He was also responsible for the site management of the Blacktown softball and baseball facilities during the Games.
Earlier, Mr Forsyth spent 10 years with leading Australian IT executive placement and training agency, A.S.K. Solutions Group.
In the six years leading up to the Sydney Olympics Games and Sydney Paralympics, he served on the NSW Branch Executive Committee of the Australian Computer Society.
A long-time Rugby Union 'tragic', Rob Forsyth throws his support behind the Sophos-sponsored Manly Marlins, NSW Waratahs and The Wallabies at any given opportunity. When not barracking for his favourite teams, Rob will be found behind the whistle on other rugby ovals.
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Sophos enables enterprises all over the world to secure and control their IT infrastructure. Sophos's network access control, endpoint, web and email solutions simplify security to provide integrated defenses against malware, spyware, intrusions, unwanted applications, spam, policy abuse, data leakage and compliance drift. With over 20 years of experience, Sophos protects over 100 million users in nearly 150 countries with its reliably engineered security solutions and services. Recognized for its high level of customer satisfaction and powerful yet easy-to-use solutions, Sophos has received many industry awards, as well as positive reviews and certifications.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com
