SAN MATEO, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/13/15 — Vorstack, a leading provider for automation, curation and to fight cyber threats, today announced it has named former McAfee (now Intel Security) senior vice president Jill Kyte as senior vice president of marketing, and former Q1 Labs (now IBM) and F5 Networks sales executive Jon Fraleigh as senior vice president of worldwide sales.
“Jill has been driving the growth at technology companies with successful marketing strategies for years, and we will look to her expertise in the next phase of the company–s expansion,” said Anne Bonaparte, CEO, Vorstack. “I have seen Jill–s work firsthand and we look forward to her leadership and experience as we further define the threat intelligence market category and building on the core value proposition of actionable threat intelligence that we deliver for CISOs and security professionals.”
“Jon is a proven sales executive with a track record for rapidly growing companies, and we will leverage his expertise to fuel sales in our key markets,” said Jodi Sherman Jahic, Managing Partner at Aligned Partners. “Vorstack–s market is virtually untapped, and with Jon–s leadership the company will accelerate its already leading position.”
Ms. Kyte has more than 30 years of experience growing companies in a variety of executive marketing, business development and sales roles. Prior to Vorstack, she participated in successful IPOs at ArcSight and Portal Software, and the acquisition of Solidcore by McAfee/Intel Security. In addition to these companies, she has held executive and management positions at Adobe and Hewlett-Packard. She received a BS degree in Management from Golden Gate University.
Mr. Fraleigh brings more than 25 years of sales and executive experience to Vorstack. Most recently he was SVP of worldwide sales at Q1 Labs/IBM Security Systems Division, where he grew revenue from $10 million to $200 million over six years, and expanded sales into more than 90 countries. He also led development of Q1 Labs– worldwide channel program. Previously, at F5 Networks he led the growth of the Americas sales team from $5 million to more than $100 million over seven years, including development of extremely successful direct and channels sales programs. Mr Fraleigh has also held sales management, sales and technical positions at a variety of other technology companies, including Rivulet Communications, Bocada, Information Handling Services, and Hamilton Avnet. He received at BS degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Vorstack delivers actionable threat intelligence in minutes by reducing the noise inherent in threat data and enabling secure and controlled information sharing without attribution. The automated curation and correlation of threat data from external sources, behind perimeter defenses, and behind the defenses of trusted organizations enables customers to identify relevant threats in minutes instead of months. Results are presented in prescriptive formats that pinpoint specific threats that are most relevant. Organizations receive early warnings on emerging threats as they occur from peers and industry sources via Vorstack Trusted Circles. For more information, visit .
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