September 22, 2014
Press release

Acronis Appoints Jeff Stiles as Chief Marketing Officer

Seasoned Software Executive Brings Proven Global Leadership and Results-driven Thinking

Woburn, September 22, 2014 -Acronis®, the global leader in new generation data protection, appointed Jeff Stiles as Chief Marketing Officer to accelerate the company's efforts to generate 1 billion dollars in revenues.

In his new role, Jeff Stiles is responsible for marketing and communications globally across segments and channels. He will manage the Acronis brand and perception, corporate, product and field marketing, demand generation, as well as influencer and media relations. Stiles brings nearly 30 years of experience leading high-performing teams in software development, sales, corporate and product strategy, marketing, and communications for companies including Cognos, PeopleSoft and SAP. He joins from Accela, where he headed marketing and communications as the company doubled revenues, secured $40 million in Series D financing, and acquired and assimilated four companies during his tenure.

"We are thrilled to have Jeff join us to help fuel our next stage of growth," said Serg Bell, Acronis CEO. "He is a proven leader with tremendous global industry experience and the passion to build a world-class team. We look forward to working together with Jeff to accelerate our business growth."




About Acronis:

Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT departments. Acronis solutions are highly efficient and designed to identify, prevent, detect, respond, remediate, and recover from modern cyberthreats with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. Acronis offers the most comprehensive security solution on the market for MSPs with its unique ability to meet the needs of diverse and distributed IT environments.

A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis has 45 locations across the globe. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses. Learn more at www.acronis.com.
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