Jim Sullivan Named a Top 50 Midmarket IT Vendor Executive for 2014 by Midsize Enterprise Summit

Woburn, MA – September 15, 2014 –Kaspersky Lab North America today announced that Jim Sullivan, Director, VAR Channel Sales, has been named to this year’s Top 50 Midmarket IT Vendor Executive list, featuring the industry’s most influential vendor executives who serve midmarket and midsize customers. The list shines a spotlight on the professionals driving one of the most important customer segments in the industry today. 

It’s no secret that Jim’s dedication to his team and his partner base, as well as his expertise in channel sales leadership, has had a major impact on Kaspersky’s growth. This award comes on the heels of Kaspersky Lab’s significant sales growth over the first half of 2014, which Jim has had a big hand in. Under Jim’s leadership, corporate mid-market bookings through VARs increased 74 percent during the first half 2014 year-over-year. Additionally, VAR new business growth is up 21 percent year-over-year.

Kaspersky Lab understands the core challenges facing the midmarket segment and the fact that individual tools increase complexity of implementing security policies. Midmarket customers – who must consider time and budget– realize that Kaspersky's platform is powerful, sophisticated, and they can achieve world-class security without adding complexity and resources. Additionally, Kaspersky’s solutions are built from the same code base, making them easily implemented into various and unique needs of midmarket businesses.

The Top 50 Midmarket IT Vendor Executive list was unveiled at the Midsize Enterprise Summit (MES), September 14-16 at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Dallas, TX. In addition, the list of executives is featured in a slideshow on CRN.com, a leading source for IT industry news. Visit http://www.xchange-events.com/mes50 for access to the slideshow.

Quotes:
John Murdock, Vice President, Channel Sales
Kaspersky Lab North America
“This award, coupled with the sales results Jim has brought in over the first half of 2014, are a true testament to his expertise and knowledge of the midmarket segment. Jim truly understands the unique needs of this segment and the numbers speak for themselves: Jim has showed tremendous success among our midmarket customers and it’s because he takes the time to listen to and deliver on their unique needs. Hats off to Jim for continuing to move the needle for our customers, our partners and the company as a whole.”

Robert C. DeMarzo, Senior Vice President of Strategic Content
XChange Events
“The executives named and the companies they represent serve the midmarket with unwavering commitment, and are dedicated to creating solutions that meet the unique needs of this market. Our Midsize Enterprise Summit is an ideal venue to honor these deserving leaders, and we congratulate each executive on their success.”

About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users*. Throughout its more than 17-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for large enterprises, SMBs and consumers. Kaspersky Lab, with its holding company registered in the United Kingdom, currently operates in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 300 million users worldwide. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.

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* The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor, 2013. The rating was published in the IDC report "Worldwide Endpoint Security 2014–2018 Forecast and 2013 Vendor Shares (IDC #250210, August 2014). The report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2013.