Michael Callahan joins Acronis as CMO

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Mumbai: Cyber protection company Acronis has appointed Michael Callahan as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Michael Callahan has over two decades of security marketing and sales experience and has served senior leadership roles at companies such as McAfee, HP, and Juniper. Most recently, Callahan served as SVP of Global Marketing at Cofense.

As CMO, Callahan will develop Acronis’ global brand position while increasing awareness of the Cyber Protect Cloud Platform. In addition, Callahan will help expand Acronis’ dedication to nurturing the next group of tech leaders with outreach programs around the world, especially in disadvantaged areas.

“Michael will build on the past success and push Acronis’ marketing team to even greater achievements,” said Patrick Pulvermueller, CEO – Acronis.

“Michael brings more than 20 years of marketing leadership from some of the most well-known companies in the industry, and will be instrumental in solidifying Acronis’ position as a leader in endpoint security. His track record of driving impressive growth from the brands he developed excites us for what is to come under his leadership and expertise,” added Pulvermueller.

Callahan is a metrics-driven marketing executive with extensive software-as-a-service (SaaS) security domain experience, serving in leadership roles at McAfee, HP, Firemon and Zimperium, where he effectively managed and led global teams.

“I’m very excited to be joining Acronis at a time when the value of our solutions is rapidly gaining traction in the market resulting in exceptionally fast growth that allows us to continue to invest in solutions to our customers’ problems,” said Michael Callahan.

“As the world moves towards a cloud-based digital ecosystem, it’s more important than ever to make sure cybersecurity solutions effectively stop threats so security leaders can protect their organisations,” added Callahan.

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