Kaspersky Lab Hires Sales Veteran To Bolster Enterprise Push - CRN

CRN, By Rob Westervelt

Kaspersky Lab, pushing sales of its enterprise-level platform in North America despite growing tension between Russia and the United States, has hired another sales executive to spearhead business-to-business sales activities here.

The company named Mike Parise as its senior vice president of corporate sales Monday. He reports to Chris Doggett, the managing director of Kaspersky's North American operations. Parise, a sales veteran, was most recently vice president of North American field sales at Boston-based Core Security, a vulnerability and network penetration platform. He also has held sales roles at Courion, Parametric Technology, EMC and Data General.

Parise, who starts today, told CRN that he took on the corporate sales role because it was clear that Kaspersky Lab's momentum into manufacturing, health care and other sectors was continuing despite the uncertain geopolitical climate. Read more.