Aftab Afzal Will Oversee New Business Initiatives in Key Markets
NSFOCUS IB today announced that Aftab Afzal has joined the company as the new Senior VP and General Manager for the EMEA region. NSFOCUS was founded in 2000 to provide enterprise-level network security solutions and services primarily in the Asia/Pacific market. The new NSFOCUS International Business subsidiary brings advanced security solutions to the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Mr. Afzal brings to the role a widely admired reputation for building new markets for a range of technology companies. In his newest capacity at NSFOCUS IB, he will build on longtime relationships with marquee organisations, resellers and distributors to expand the already growing sales pipeline in his target markets, and establish a new footprint for the company’s solutions in different vertical industries.
“As we move forward with our global initiatives, we need the very best professionals to enhance our presence in new markets, and Aftab is exactly that person,” said Allan Thompson, COO of NSFOCUS IB. “He has worked with an amazing variety of enterprise technology solution providers, and succeeded in every capacity. We welcome him to the team, and look forward to having him lead our new business efforts in EMEA.”
Mr. Afzal was most recently at Akamai Technologies, where he was Sales Director for Southern Europe & Emerging Markets within Akamai’s security division. Before that he spent nearly five years in successively higher sales positions at Prolexic Technologies, the last two as VP of Sales. Earlier in his career, he held senior sales positions at ProVangel Ltd., a boutique Value Added Distributor; Mirapoint, where he was Strategic Development Director, EMEA; and security specialist Kaspersky Lab UK.
“I have been very successful in building sales and channel ecosystems throughout EMEA for the world’s leading information security vendors; successfully navigating the challenges, risks and threat landscape for the clients and partners I work with, to fulfill their aspirations.” says Aftab Afzal.
“When I was approached by NSFOCUS IB, I was impressed by the seasoned management team, as well as the depth of knowledge and industry maturity in the wider team. Following further investigation of the technologies, products and service offerings, I discovered they are extremely compelling. These offerings go beyond what is currently available today and this disruption is exactly what the market has been asking for. NSFOCUS IB has clearly created a new paradigm. This is an established company with proven solutions, coupled with the drive, energy and agility of a startup.” Afzal concludes.
NSFOCUS IB’s research and development teams focus on vulnerability analysis, threat understanding and security intelligence, while providing core technical support for NSFOCUS products, solutions and services. This long-term commitment has helped its customers maintain high levels of business operations and ensures that their online business systems always remain available.
With offices in the United States, Japan, Europe, China and Southeast Asia, NSFOCUS supports more than 27,000 enterprise-level customers including some of the largest telecom carriers, data centres, financial services companies, cloud service providers, managed security services providers and enterprises in the world.
