Bitdefender has appointed Emilio Roman as Vice President of EMEA Sales. With broad cybersecurity experience, Emilio brings with him more than 20 years of leading high performance global teams. He had been Senior Vice President EMEA, APAC and Global Alliances at Scality in Paris for five years. The new role will see him lead Bitdefender's sales strategy and go-to-market execution in EMEA, supporting the company’s growth across the EMEA region and building on Bitdefender’s commitment to channel development and rapid expansion in the business-to-business market, it says.
Emilio will be leveraging the increased need for cybersecurity, generated by significant shifts in how companies are operating, and the opportunities generated by the market consolidation, in recent years.
He will report to Joe Sykora, VP of Global Sales and Channels. ’’Accomplished sales and business leader, Emilio Roman has a proven record in leading successful teams and delivering high growth to companies in EMEA and APAC,’’ said Sykora. ’’Emilio brings a wealth of experience, regional market expertise and deep security industry knowledge. His experience and expertise, combined with the world-renowned performance of the Bitdefender technologies, will play a key role in consolidating our efforts in EMEA.’’
’’This role at Bitdefender represents a very exciting opportunity to work with one of the most innovative players in the cybersecurity market, with rapid global expansion and widening product portfolio’’, said Roman. I look forward to leading the EMEA team’s efforts - growing the company’s footprint and expanding its relationships with partners’’.
Bitdefender has enjoyed a high growth for the past 5 years, leveraging the rapid expansion of the B2B market. In the past year, the company redesigned its channel offering, adding two new business lines in response to growing demand from customers requiring Network Security Analytics and Managed Detection and Response solutions.
