Patrick Hurley Translates Extensive Sales Experience Into
Fast-Paced Success
Woburn, MA, May, 30, 2014-Acronis®, the global leader in new
generation data protection, announced today that Patrick Hurley has
been appointed as its new general manager for North America.
Patrick enters the role with an exemplary record in sales for data
protection, and will drive aggressive growth of the company's
recently announced
Acronis AnyData Engine.
Patrick now oversees all of Acronis' operations in North
America, but he has been an integral member of Acronis' team since
2008. Prior to his current role, he served as Senior Director of
Sales where he built and scaled the inside sales model in the US.
During this time, he increased profitability margins at the
individual contributor level by increasing the average sales price
and lowering cost per sale.
He also has developed a strong understanding of many verticals
as he managed SMB, Enterprise, Federal, SLED and Latin American
business verticals at Acronis. In 2011, he closed the largest
opportunity globally for the company and accounted for the most
transactions in the US over $20,000. He also led his team to 204%
Virtual product growth in the Federal government vertical YTD.
"Patrick has exemplified an exhaustive knowledge of many
verticals within North America, and an uncanny ability to motivate
sales teams for explosive growth," said Laurent
Dedenis, Acronis President of International Sales. "As I move
to Singapore to oversee the International Headquarters, I am
completely confident in Patrick's ability to drive growth and place
Acronis as the leader in data protection within North America."
"I am excited to lead the North American organization into a new
generation of growth," said Pat Hurley, Acronis GM for North
America. "Acronis has paired best-in-class software with a
best-in-class team of talented professionals. We are working at a
fast pace here at Acronis right now as we address a new generation
of IT challenges head on with our AnyData technology. But with our
team and well positioned solutions for virtualization, mobility and
cloud, I look forward to our future success."
Acronis recently announced
a number of top executive appointments, including the addition
of its new President of
Global Operations Yury Lurichev and the appointment of Laurent
Dedenis to President of International Sales. The complete
configuration of Acronis' team will ensure it is able to attain its
ambitious sales goals of $1 billion in revenues for its Acronis
AnyData Engine.
The Acronis AnyData Engine enables best-in-class individual
solutions to seamlessly blend into a total solution that protects
any data, across any environment, in any location, using any
device. Fueled by over 50 patents, the AnyData Engine is a set of
deep New Generation Data Protection technologies that power
Acronis' backup, disaster recovery and secure access solutions for
virtual, physical, cloud and mobile environments.
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.