SANTA CLARA, CA — (Marketwire) — 12/19/12 — WhiteHat Security, the company, today announced the addition of Johannes Hoech, as Chief Marketing Officer, to its executive team. Most recently, Mr. Hoech served as CEO and Founder of BTC Logic and VP of Product Marketing at Intacct. The addition of Hoech comes shortly after the announcement that WhiteHat Security added a new CFO and VP of Human Resources in a year of massive growth for the company.
“We are aggressively executing on our mission to help mitigate risk and streamline security strategies for businesses to benefit companies- bottom lines,” said WhiteHat Security CEO Stephanie Fohn. “Johannes brings expertise in rapidly expanding and scaling cloud-based technology companies with a strong mix of marketing and sales experience. His addition to our highly experienced leadership team will further help us drive our technology leadership and navigate the increasingly complex marketing ecosystem needed for WhiteHat to build on its remarkable growth in 2012.”
Prior to joining WhiteHat, Hoech ran BTC Logic, providing interim management and consulting expertise to a variety of technology companies, including: Symantec, NetBase and Xactly. In tandem with his role at BTC Logic, Hoech managed product marketing for Intacct-s Cloud Financial Management products, driving marketing programs for increased new business growth and competitive win rates in 2011, and saw 97 percent customer satisfaction amongst the company-s more than 5,000 customers.
“WhiteHat is leading the way when it comes to application security, bringing new levels of scale and value to businesses building products for cloud, mobile or the -traditional- Web,” said Johannes Hoech, Chief Marketing Officer, WhiteHat Security. “I am very excited for the opportunity to join the company during this exciting stage and help solidify its leadership position and offerings. Together with the rest of the leadership team, I look forward to creating new, innovative strategies that increase the impact of our sales and marketing efforts in this most important area of security.”
A stellar year for the company, WhiteHat now protects over 450 of the largest companies in the world, including the largest banks, software companies and consumer products manufacturers. Scaling with its customer growth, WhiteHat added new human resources talent this year with the hire of Penny DeFrank, VP of Human Resources, to continue its technological strength through people, and new financial strategy talent with the hire of Mark Schulte as CFO. The company-s family of Sentinel security products also grew this year with the addition of Sentinel Mobile, providing a fully integrated offering that secures to secure every facet of today-s businesses.
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, WhiteHat Security provides end-to-end solutions for Web security. The company-s cloud technology platform and leading security engineers turn verified security intelligence into actionable insights for customers. Through a combination of core products and strategic partnerships, WhiteHat Security provides complete Web security at a scale unmatched in the industry. WhiteHat Sentinel, the company-s flagship product line, currently manages thousands of websites — more than any other vendor in the industry — including sites in the most regulated industries such as e-commerce, financial services and healthcare.
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