Check Point Software Technologies has announced the appointment of Craig McGregor as Channel Sales Director Australia.
Based in Sydney, McGregor has more than 20 years’ experience in the IT industry working for leading multi-national vendors in sales and channel leadership roles. He originally joined Check Point Software last year as National Channel Sales Manager. In his new role as Channel Sales Director for Australia, McGregor will be responsible for further enabling Check Point partners to increase revenue and deliver leading protection against cyber threats.
McGregor originally joined Check Point Software from Symantec where he was National Partner Manager for more than three years. During this time, he was successful in managing Symantec’s largest partners in Australia and New Zealand, incorporating business and marketing planning, executive relationship management, sales pipeline development and partner enablement.
He previously worked for more than five years as a Channel Sales Manager for Australia and New Zealand at Adobe Systems where he was responsible for all aspects of Adobe’s channel and direct channel sales team management.
McGregor was previously OEM Manager Australia at Microsoft where he managed the team responsible for the OEM business in Australia for three years. He also previously worked at both Sun Microsystems as Systems Integrator and ISV Manager and at Oracle as Senior Services Account Manager.
David De Laine, Regional Managing Director – ANZ, Check Point Software, said, “We are delighted to have Craig drive our channel sales team for the Australian market. His skills and experience are highly prized in supporting our resellers and managed security service providers achieve maximum success.
“At the same time, his knowledge and understanding of how to propel channel enablement for leading technology vendors will be highly advantageous in enabling our channel to deliver on purpose built security defence technology that helps to differentiate and add significant value to our customers, while simultaneously maintains partner profitability and rewarding performance.”
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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com ) is the largest network cyber security vendor globally, providing industry-leading solutions and protecting customers from cyberattacks with an unmatched catch rate of malware and other types of threats. Check Point offers a complete security architecture defending enterprises – from networks to mobile devices – in addition to the most comprehensive and intuitive security management. Check Point protects over 100,000 organisations of all sizes.
