Arshad Sheikh and Mohammed Hamdan Appointed, Bringing Wealth of Experience to Major Middle East Markets
Dubai,UAE: Trend Micro, the region's key content security provider, today announced preparations for an aggressive campaign of Q1 marketing and customer service in the largest G.C.C. IT market.
After working closely with several industry giants and establishing string of successful partnerships, Trend Micro is using the holiday to prepare for greater achievements in 2008. The starting point for this sustained campaign is the recruitment of two leading members of the IT profession - Arshad Sheikh and Mohammed Hamdan - to consolidate Trend Micro's place in the regional market and its dedication to ensuring customer security.
"These appointments are part of our continued investment in personnel and proof of our commitment to an expanded service in the region," said Justin Doo, Managing Director, Trend Micro Middle East/North Africa.
Arshad Sheikh joins Trend Micro as Channel Account Manager. Sheikh came to Trend Micro from Vision Horizons, where he was Executive Manager, responsible for the strategy behind the company start-up. He brings with him a wealth of distribution and channel experience, gained at Mindware SA and the National Technology Company, among others, and from an extracurricular career of community service.
The role of channel account manager can vary enormously, from proactively managing the channel partners and focusing on new business, to achieving set quarterly targets.
Sheikh will be building and maintaining effective working relationships with customers and providing partners with strategic guidance and timely updates regarding development in Trend Micro products and technical enhancements.
Sheikh is joined by Mohammed Hamdan as Sales Engineer. A solutions-oriented security specialist, Hamdan's previous direction of corporate IT initiatives has taken in ArcSight, RSA Security, Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems. He joins Trend Micro from the National Technology Company in Riyadh.
"Recurrent and often spectacular successes in the Kingdom have generated growth and increased channel awareness, placing new demands on the organisation. Capable professionals such as Mohammed Hamdan are pivotal to navigating these new challenges," according to Justin Doo.
Both will be based in Riyadh, KSA and reporting to the head office in Dubai, UAE.
"I'm looking forward to driving the channel in this region and taking Trend Micro to greater heights," said Arshad Sheikh.
Trend Micro is a global leader in network antivirus and Internet content security software and services.
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