IP-based security and unified threat management (UTM) specialist, Clavister has appointed Richard Huang as regional sales director for Asia. Richard will be responsible for expanding the business in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea.

Huang brings more than 20 years experience to the role and has worked for some big names in the networking and network security industry including Fortinet, Brocade (formerly Foundry Networks) and Cisco Systems. Huang joins Clavister from secure web gateway provider, Anchiva where he was sales director for Taiwan and Hong Kong.

This is Clavister’s fourth senior appointment in the last two months and Huang joins Andre Stewart who joined as VP Sales Worldwide and COO, Steve Turner as VP Product Marketing and Strategy, and Casper Seifert as CFO.

Peter Johansson, Clavister’s CEO said: “Huang’s appointment is an important step in our global growth strategy. Asia is an important market to us and Huang brings a wealth of experience to his role which will help contribute to our success in this territory.”

He continues: “In addition to our plans to expand in Asia, plans are also underway to make more significant appointments in EMEA and other emerging markets.”

Commenting on his new position, Huang said: “Clavister has an extremely impressive product roadmap and my aim is for Clavister to become the network security vendor of choice in Asia.

“I can see a huge opportunity for the organization in Asia. I am joining Clavister at a very exciting time as it looks to expand the organization globally and I look forward to contributing to the company’s success in this region.”

Clavister has virtual and physical security offerings and has built strategic alliances with technology leaders such as Ericsson, VMware, Kaspersky, D-Link and SAAB Aerotech. Its customer base includes Terremark, bwin, Hamburg Stock Exchange, France Telecom/Orange, Unibase, Danieli, Rogers Wireless, DGC, Africa Online, and China Power.




For more information, please contact:
Maggie Warbrick, Vice President Marketing
+46 8 545 298 10
[email protected]

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