F-Secure® Corporation (HEX:FSC) announces that it has promoted
Curtis Cresta to the position of Vice President, North American
Operations. Mr. Cresta will have P&L responsibility for the
entire United States and Canada. Cresta was formerly Vice President
of Sales in North America for F-Secure, a position he occupied for
the past two years.
Mr. Cresta brings 15 years of technology sales and management
experience to F-Secure and has held sales leadership positions at
RadView, MicroStrategy, and FTP Software. Mr. Cresta holds a degree
in Business Administration and Marketing from Worcester State
College, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive
Program (EPGC).
Speaking about his appointment Cresta said: “This is an
exciting time in the North American data security market and I am
pleased to be with an organization which is ready to enter its next
stage of growth and market leadership. F-Secure has a strong and
expanding portfolio of products and a reputation for delivering
excellence, and I look forward to capitalizing on the market
opportunity and continuing to build on our momentum.”
Cresta succeeds Travis Witteveen, who lead F-Secure’s North
America operations since 2004 and who continues his career at
F-Secure as a member of the executive board at F-Secure’s Helsinki
headquarters.
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About F-Secure Corporation
F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses
against computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and mobile
networks. We want to be the most reliable provider of security services in the
market. One way to demonstrate this is the speed of our response. According to
independent studies in 2004, 2005 and 2006 our response time to new threats is
significantly faster than our major competitors. Our award-winning solutions are
available for workstations, gateways, servers and mobile phones. They include
antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion prevention, antispam and
antispyware solutions, as well as network control solutions for Internet Service
Providers. Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges
since 1999, and has been consistently growing faster than all its publicly
listed competitors. F-Secure headquarters are in Helsinki, Finland, and we have
regional offices around the world. F-Secure protection is also available as a
service through major ISPs, such as France Telecom, TeliaSonera, PCCW and
Charter Communications. F-Secure is the global market leader in mobile phone
protection provided through mobile operators, such as T-Mobile and Swisscom and
mobile handset manufacturers such as Nokia. The latest real-time virus threat
scenario news are available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/
U.S. Press Contact:
Marie Clark
Rocket Science, for F-Secure Inc.
Tel. (415) 464-8110 x4
marie@rocketscience.com
