A global leader in network and endpoint security technology, Sophos has appointed Mr. Harish Chib, as vice president for its Middle East & Africa (MEA) region. The new strategic leadership position will focus on strengthening the company’s sales and channel strategy for that region. Harish joined Sophos through the acquisition of Cyberoam in 2014, where he successfully led channel strategy and sales operations for 10 years.
The vice president in his new role, will drive business development opportunities, and oversee the integration and expansion of Sophos and Cyberoam channel ecosystems across MEA. According to VP CEEMEA, Sophos, Karl Heinz Warum “Harish’s expertise in leading and scaling sales operations and leveraging the partner ecosystem makes him the ideal leader for Sophos’ growing focus in the Middle East and Africa.
Commenting on his new role Harish said, “A growing number of businesses in MEA are experiencing increased digitization, however, the menace of cyber-attacks and cyber-crime is stalling their ICT adoption. Resellers from across the region have a tremendous opportunity to leverage the synergy of both Sophos and Cyberoam products in endpoint, cloud and network security to protect their customers with advanced and next generation technology from a global leader.”
Sophos is the only IT security company to be positioned as a Leader by Gartner in three critical security Magic Quadrant reports: September 2014 [October 2015] Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection, December 2014 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, and the September 2015 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (UTM).
