Rick Powles Strengthens Acronis' EMEA Management Team
Bringing Extensive Enterprise Market Experience
LONDON, UK, 23 January 2013 - Acronis® today announced
the appointment of IT industry veteran Rick Powles as Managing
Director, UK & Ireland. Powles brings more than two decades of
experience delivering sales growth within software companies across
Europe, Middle East and Africa, including CommVault® and
Veritas/Symantec®. He will develop new channels and
strategies to help Acronis address new opportunities presented by
the widespread adoption of virtual environments, cloud storage and
the consumerisation of IT.
Based in the Acronis® office in London, Powles will
be responsible for creating and maintaining strong relationships
within its growing customer base, and with channel partners focused
on small business and enterprise needs across the UK & Ireland.
"IT organisations are under tremendous pressure to deliver every
time, everywhere access to data, on any device by an increasingly
empowered end user. When combined with the explosive growth in
data, a "virtual first" movement and pressures to optimise cloud
adoption, they have to re-think data protection approaches and stay
relevant," commented Powles. "I am excited to join
Acronis® at this transformational time in their
business, and at that of our customers."
"We are delighted to welcome somebody of Rick's calibre and
experience to our team," said Alan Laing, vice president EMEA,
Acronis®. "Rick has successfully built and led sales
teams in both SMB and enterprise organisations, and has
demonstrated his ability to achieve significant sales growth. The
combination of sector, segment and channel knowledge will help to
strengthen and grow our business in the UK & Ireland."
Powles joins Acronis® from Informatica®
(Nasdaq:INFA) where he served as vice president of Northern Europe.
Previously he helped transform CommVault's® business in
Southern Europe, growing revenues over four consecutive years from
$8.5M TO $25M. Powles also played a central role in building
Oracle's® CRM business, catapulting it to Europe's
second-highest earning company in the market. Powles has held a
number of senior leadership positions at organisations such as
Veritas/Symantec® and Aurum/BaaN®.
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.