Tripwire Names Robert Kidd Vice President of Asia-Pacific and Latin American Sales. Check it out:
PORTLAND, Ore. --(Business Wire)-- Tripwire, Inc.(R), the world leader in change auditing software, has named Robert Kidd as Vice President of Asia-Pacific and Latin American sales, a new position at the company. As a result of growing international demand for its change auditing solutions, Tripwire has added Kidd to lead sales and support in these regions, starting with Australia, China, India, Mexico and Singapore. He will also support Tripwire's current efforts in Japan.
Said Tripwire CEO, Jim Johnson, "The voice of Tripwire customers outside North America and Europe grows louder every day. As a customer-focused organization, we have hired Robert to directly support them and the mounting global market interest in Tripwire Enterprise. As Robert brings a wealth of experience in expanding high-growth companies internationally, I'm confident he will make an immediate contribution to Tripwire on the global stage."
In his new role, Robert Kidd will lead day-to-day management and operations of Tripwire's sales organization outside of North America and EMEA. Reporting to the Worldwide Vice President of Sales, Bob Dunne, Kidd's hiring is the first step in a series of investment commitments that Tripwire plans to make to build its presence outside of North America and EMEA.
"I was drawn to Tripwire because of its strong reputation, excellent leadership and the fact that its solutions directly meet the growing market need to simultaneously provide enterprise-wide IT operational excellence, security and compliance," said Kidd. "Tripwire is on the cusp of a new stage of global growth, and I am excited by the huge international opportunity that sits before us."
Robert Kidd joins Tripwire with over 20 years of progressive leadership experience building worldwide businesses. Specifically, Robert spent 18 years at Intel where he developed its channel sales strategy to accelerate its global market presence. Following Intel, Robert led Asia sales and support operations for Lightpointe Communications, was President and CEO of Quickcaddy LLC, and served as Worldwide Director of Sales for Avocent Corporation.
About Tripwire, Inc.
Tripwire is the leading provider of change auditing software and services. Tripwire solutions enable enterprises to prove that their IT change management controls are effective and their infrastructure is safe. Tripwire software provides proof of regulatory compliance, instills accountability for change, ensures the security of business-critical systems, and increases the overall availability of IT services. Tripwire is headquartered in Portland, Ore. with offices in the UK and Japan. For more information visit: http://www.tripwire.com/.
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