archTIS Ltd (ASX:AR9), a global provider of innovative software solutions for the secure collaboration of sensitive information, is expanding its global presence across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) through two new initiatives.
The company has appointed Pete Smith as the vice president and general manager of EMEA, based in London, United Kingdom.
arcTIS will also bolster the company’s regional presence by finalising the formation of a UK corporate subsidiary in the coming week.
This initiative will support existing sales operations in the EMEA region, while strengthening the company’s existing channel footprint across the region which includes channel partners in Ireland, South Africa, Germany and the Middle East.
Global sales expansion strategy
arcTIS global COO Kurt Mueffelmann said: “We welcome Pete Smith to the executive leadership team.
“His role is a key part of our global sales expansion strategy along with the creation of our new UK entity to make it easier for key government, defence, and enterprises to procure our offerings.
“With several recent customer wins in EMEA and new privacy regulations in the EU and South Africa driving the need for data protection and country-based compartmentalisation, we see the region as an important area of growth for our portfolio of secure collaboration solutions.”
Record of forging strong and long-term partnerships
Pete Smith brings over 30 years of experience in sales and management to the role, particularly with start-ups and emerging IT security brands.
Notably, He has a record of forging strong and long-term partnerships with customers and partners.
Smith has successfully delivered dynamic growth across the EMEA region in different market verticals at technology companies including OCR, Netwrix, Intalio, Cable & Wireless, and SonicWall amongst others.
The new vice president and general manager EMEA said: “I’m excited to be joining archTIS, especially at this time when the wholesale transition to remote working has accentuated organisations’ desire to enable their workforce to collaborate securely.
“Several recent data breaches in the news could have been prevented with help from our software.
“I see huge growth potential in EMEA and I’m excited to be here.”
Award-winning information security solutions
archTIS provides award-winning data-centric information security solutions to protect the world’s most sensitive content in government, defence, supply chain, enterprises and regulated industries through attribute-based access and control (ABAC) policies.
The company’s products include Kojensi, a multi-government certified platform for the secure access, sharing and collaboration of sensitive and classified information, NC Protect for enhanced information protection for file access and sharing, messaging and emailing of sensitive and classified content across Microsoft 365 apps, Dropbox, Nutanix Files and Windows file shares.