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Industry Veterans Join AlgoSec to Support Strong Growth in the Security Policy Management Market

AlgoSec Appoints New General Manager of EMEA, VP Strategic Alliances and VP Finance

June 12, 2014



Boston, MA – AlgoSec, the market leader for Security Policy Management, today announced the expansion of its executive team with the appointments of Eli Adler as General Manager of EMEA, Bruno Weinberger as Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Shelly Sarid as Vice President of Finance. The new executives will help drive the company’s business model and growing market presence. In the first five months of 2014, the company continued on its track of fast growth, securing several 7-digit deals with global financial institutions, retailers and managed service providers.

Hailing from Avaya, Eli Adler brings over twenty years of experience in sales management, direct and channel sales. Adler is in charge of continuing AlgoSec’s rapid expansion throughout EMEA.

“AlgoSec has done a phenomenal job to attain a clear leadership position in EMEA, with an impressive client base of blue chip accounts,” said Eli Adler, General Manager of EMEA, AlgoSec. “I look forward to effectively scaling our business throughout the region.”

Bruno Weinberger who established AlgoSec’s business in EMEA, has assumed the role of VP Strategic Alliances – driving key partnerships that will support AlgoSec’s strategy and growth objectives.

“As AlgoSec and the Security Policy Management market mature, establishing the right partnerships is paramount,” said Bruno Weinberger, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, AlgoSec. “AlgoSec is well positioned in the market to partner with industry leaders across the networking and security landscape, which will drive our growth.”

A certified public accountant, Shelly Sarid has over fourteen years of financial leadership experience in technology and venture capital companies including Whale Communications (acquired by Microsoft) and Activiews (Acquired by Stryker). Sarid oversees global financial operations, policies and planning.

“I am excited to join AlgoSec in this period of strong growth and international expansion,” said Shelly Sarid, Vice President of Finance, AlgoSec. AlgoSec delivers an intelligent offering to the market, which has been well received, so I look forward to building upon this strong foundation.”

“I’m thrilled to have a solid leadership team in place at such a key time in our global company growth” said Yuval Baron, Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of AlgoSec. “We are uniquely positioned to solve critical security management problems for many of the Fortune 500, large and medium sized organizations. We are confident that our latest product innovations, combined with our focus on customer satisfaction, will continue to make AlgoSec the leading security policy management choice for enterprises.”

About AlgoSec
AlgoSec is the market leader for security policy management, enabling organizations to simplify and automate security operations in evolving data centers and networks. More than 1000 of the world’s leading organizations, including 15 of the Fortune 50, rely on AlgoSec for faster security provisioning of business applications, streamlined change management, continuous compliance and tighter security.

AlgoSec’s application-centric approach orchestrates the management of complex policies across firewalls and related network devices, aligning IT teams for improved business agility.
AlgoSec is committed to the success of every single customer, and offers the industry’s only money-back guarantee. For more information, visit www.AlgoSec.com.
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