ArcSight Appoints Matt Hynes as Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales
20-year sales veteran from Panda Security, McAfee, nCipher, and e-Security joins ArcSight to lead global channel sales
CUPERTINO, CA – September 01, 2009 – ArcSight, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARST), a leading global provider of security and compliance management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies, today announced the appointment of Matt Hynes as vice president of worldwide channel sales. Hynes brings more than 20 years combined experience in enterprise and channel sales to drive worldwide channel sales initiatives for ArcSight.
Prior to joining ArcSight, Hynes was vice president of OEM and SaaS Sales at Panda Security. He was responsible for the North American ISV and partner program, as well as managing its SaaS direct and channel sales group. Hynes’ background also includes senior positions at McAfee where he ran the North American enterprise channel program. He held senior management positions at nCipher, where he managed North American sales, and e-Security, where he drove business development strategy for worldwide operations. In addition, Hynes held various channel and direct sales positions at Sun Microsystems and BEA systems.
“Matt brings to ArcSight his extensive experience directing, managing, recruiting and training teams globally,” said Kevin Mosher, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations of ArcSight. “His reputation amongst our channel community is excellent and we believe his familiarity with our partners and our industry will enable him to have an immediate impact on our continued growth with the channel. We’re pleased to welcome him to the ArcSight team."
About ArcSight
ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) is a leading global provider of security and compliance management solutions that protect businesses and government agencies. ArcSight identifies, assesses, and mitigates both internal and external cyber threats and risks across the organization for activities associated with critical assets and processes. With the market-leading ArcSight SIEM platform, organizations can proactively safeguard their assets, comply with corporate and regulatory policy and control the risks associated with cyber-theft, cyber-fraud, cyber-warfare and cyber-espionage. For more information, visit www.arcsight.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements, including without limitation those regarding ArcSight’s belief that Mr. Hynes’ familiarity with its partners and its industry will enable him to have an immediate impact on ArcSight’s continued growth with the channel. These forward-looking statements are subject to material risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ substantially from expectations. Investors should consider important risk factors, which include: the risk that Mr. Hynes may be unable to make the contributions that are anticipated; and other risks detailed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the ArcSight Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on July 9, 2009 and the company’s other filings with the SEC. You can obtain copies of the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and its other SEC filings on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
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