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Endgame Systems Appoints Rick Wescott as Senior VP, Worldwide Sales & MarketingMar 24, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Endgame Systems, providers of the ipTrust security intelligence as a service, announced the appointment of Rick Wescott as Senior VP, Worldwide Sales & Marketing, tasked with driving overall revenue growth of the company. Wescott brings over 20 years experience in delivering over-quota sales performance and team revenue growth for security companies. Most recently, Wescott served as VP and general manager of public sector sales for ArcSight, which was acquired by HP for $1.5 billion in late 2010. Wescott joined ArcSight in 2002, and built the highest-revenue and most-profitable business unit within the company until its acquisition. Prior to joining ArcSight, Wescott held sales management roles at VeriSign, Entrust and Sybase, consistently over-delivering revenue results in each role. Endgames' ipTrust offering leverages new technologies, including cloud computing and the ability to query massive data sets, to develop a petabyte-scale data processing Reputation Engine that distills hundreds of terabytes of security data into usable intelligence and information. ipTrust harvests, analyzes and classifies malware and botnet samples each day on over five million systems from around the world, to deliver IP address reputation scoring. ipTrust customers leverage this information to quickly gain visibility into the security of their networks, as well as those of their trusted partners and customers. Endgame Systems provides cybersecurity solutions to the defense, civilian and national security community. The company's services and solutions support the collection, analysis, and use of attack and security event data in cyberspace, and help organizations protect their sensitive and critical information. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) |