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Digital Guardian Strengthens Management Team with Two New Executive AppointmentsDigital Guardian, the only endpoint security platform purpose built to stop data theft, today announced the appointment of Ed Durkin as its new chief financial officer and Craig Hansen as its new vice president of federal sales. "These are two very highly regarded individuals who will make significant contributions to Digital Guardian as we continue our rapid growth," said Ken Levine, president and CEO, Digital Guardian. "Both Ed and Craig bring the seasoned experience and expertise in their roles to be impactful and productive additions to our executive team. Ed's experience with both private and public companies opens up multiple options for our long term strategy. Craig is a true star who has proven himself year after year running much larger organizations than we currently have at Digital Guardian. That high ceiling is attractive to me. Finally, it should be noted these are two of the finest and highest quality people one could ever know." Ed Durkin brings over thirty years of successful financial, business and corporate deelopment experience to Digital Guardian and will be responsible for all aspects of the company's rapidly-growing global financial, legal and administrative operations. Before joining Digital Guardian, Durkin was the CFO at Interactions Corporation where he was involved in raising new equity and debt capital and overseeing corporate development activities, including a strategic and large buy-side acquisition. Prior to that, Durkin was CEO and President of Tactical Communications Group, LLC. He also served as CFO at a number of companies including Incipient, Sockeye Networks, Open Market, which was a larger publicly-traded technology company, Radview Software, where he successfully brought the company through its IPO process, and Starburst Communications. "I am pleased to join Digital Guardian and their strong leadership team during this high-growth time," said Ed Durkin, CFO at Digital Guardian. "The company offers a unique solution that successfully bridges the gap between data protection and system security. I look forward to capitalizing on the large market opportunity we have in front of us as we continue to expand on both a domestic and international level." Craig Hansen joins Digital Guardian as its new Vice President of Federal Sales where he will be responsible for working with the Federal community and extending partnerships within the Federal government. Hansen brings a proven track record of success in strategic account management, customer relationships, building and driving profitable sales teams, and developing and implementing sales strategies targeting Federal government requirements. Before joining Digital Guardian, Hansen was a Director at Intel Security (formerly known as McAfee (News - Alert)) where he spent the last eight years growing federal partnerships from a defense and civilian perspective. "I am very excited to join Digital Guardian and lead new efforts at extending partnerships within the federal government to address critical information security capability requirements," said Craig Hansen, VP of Federal Sales at Digital Guardian. "The federal market requires strategic partners who understand how to identify and provide solutions to their specific pain points - especially within IT security. Digital Guardian's patented and market leading data protection technology provides a solution to many of their specific use-cases and requirements."
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