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November 2009

[Press release](https://www.acronis.com/en/pr/)
# Acronis adds Ed Filippine as General Manager of the Americas

_Technology Industry Veteran Brings Extensive Sales Experience to Storage and Disaster Recovery Software Leader_

**Burlington, Mass., November 10, 2009** - Acronis, Inc. ([https://www.acronis.com](https://www.acronis.com/en/)), a provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, has hired [Ed Filippine](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/company/officers.html) as General Manager of the Americas.

Building on its strong third quarter highly successful consumer ([Acronis True Image Home 2010](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/homecomputing/products/trueimage/plus-pack.html)) and enterprise ([Acronis Backup & Recovery 10](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/backup-recovery/)) product launches, Acronis added Filippine to oversee sales in North and South America. Filippine will report to Chief Operating Officer [Helmut Heptner](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/company/officers.html).

"Ed Filippine brings a distinguished track record in sales of both software and services," said Heptner. "His global growth expertise will be a tremendous asset for Acronis in 2010 and beyond."

Prior to Acronis, Filippine was Vice President, Americas Inside Sales Division at EMC Corp. He also served as a regional manager at WorldCom and the national director/sales & operations for Boston Telecommunications Co.

  
**About Acronis:**  
  
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit [www.acronis.com](https://www.acronis.com/).

Press contacts: 

Katya Turtseva

VP of Communications

[et@acronis.com](mailto:et@acronis.com)