Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Expand Networks Appoints Christian Honore as Vice President of Sales EMEA

Honore to Support Accelerated Company Growth and Extend EMEA Resources



ROSELAND, N.J., Wednesday, October 27th 2010 [ME NewsWire]:

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Expand Networks (www.expand.com) the leader in WAN optimization for branch office consolidation and virtualization, today announced that Christian Honore has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Sales, EMEA, to oversee the Company’s continued growth and investment across the region. Having been with Expand for the past 5 years, Honore has achieved significant success in enhancing Expand’s market position across Southern Europe. In his new role, Honore will drive the next phase of Expand’s growth across key EMEA markets.


Honore’s first activity has been to bolster the company’s regional resources in order to further capitalize on local success and to take advantage of the burgeoning market traction of Expand’s innovative WAN optimization technologies. Having already executed on the requirements for Benelux, he is now focused on securing supplemental resource additions in the DACH region.


"I am very pleased to have received this promotion,” enthused Honore. “I am really looking forward to managing the company’s growth across new European territories and taking the strategy and execution of the EMEA sales and channel programs forward to further extend Expand’s penetration in key markets.”


Honore has over 35 years experience in the IT sector throughout continental Europe, Middle East and North Africa. Prior to joining Expand Networks, Honore held Senior VP Sales positions in Europe for Harris Adacom, SMC Networks and CNT-McData where he grew their European business substantially. Honore was also Senior Regional Sales Director, France and Southern Europe at Symantec and Riverbed.


Elie Barr, CEO comments, “Christian has proven an invaluable member of the Expand management team over the past 5 years. He has all the skills and leadership qualities required to take the EMEA team to the next level, and really capitalize on the relevance and demand for our technology in today’s marketplace.”


For media enquiries, please contact:

Cohesive Communications
Jennifer Manning
+44 (0) 1291 626200
expand@cohesive.uk.com

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