Acronis Appoints Dvir Ben-Aroya as New Vice President of Global Business Development
Woburn, Mass. – November 1, 2014 – Acronis®, the global leader in new generation data protection, today announced the appointment of Dvir Ben-Aroya as Vice President of Global Business Development, effective immediately. In this role, Ben-Aroya will be responsible for the company’s global business growth through strategic partnerships, focusing on expansion in the cloud industry and new market verticals.
“Dvir is an industry visionary with exceptional strategic insight and unique ability to identify, analyze and execute on market opportunities,” said Serg Bell, Acronis CEO. “His vast experience – from working in supplying IT to SMBs to his background in finance – will accelerate our growth. His in-depth understanding of development tactics and market players positions him as the perfect person to develop the opportunities that will drive new growth, particularly in the cloud.”
Ben-Aroya brings over 15 years of experience in senior business leadership positions in high-tech and financial companies. Prior to joining Acronis, he served as Executive Vice President of Global Partnerships at WebsPlanet, where he was responsible for the company’s expansion to the hosting, telecommunications and cloud industries. His previous positions also include CEO of a leading SaaS sport scouting platform and an investment banker for various international deals.
Ben-Aroya has an M.B.A. in Business Management from the Manchester Business School and a B.A. in Business and Economics from the IDC Interdisciplinary College School of Business in Herzliya, Israel.
About Acronis:
Acronis unifies data protection and cybersecurity to deliver integrated, automated cyber protection that solves the safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security (SAPAS) challenges of the modern digital world. With flexible deployment models that fit the demands of service providers and IT professionals, Acronis provides superior cyber protection for data, applications, and systems with innovative next-generation antivirus, backup, disaster recovery, and endpoint protection management solutions powered by AI. With advanced anti-malware powered by cutting-edge machine intelligence and blockchain based data authentication technologies, Acronis protects any environment - from cloud to hybrid to on premises - at a low and predictable cost.
Acronis is a Swiss company, founded in Singapore. Celebrating two decades of innovation, Acronis has more than 2,000 employees in 45 locations. Acronis Cyber Protect solution is available in 26 languages in over 150 countries and is used by 16,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses.
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