ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwired - Dec 17, 2014) - Gerry Baron, a seasoned technology professional with over 25 years of global sales and marketing leadership experience, has joined Cirrity, a leading channel-only secure cloud solutions provider.
Baron has held senior executive positions at information security, communications and mission-critical software companies serving the retail, financial services, healthcare, travel, oil and gas, and defense industries including Rockwell Collins, S1 Corporation, Magnet Communications and S2 Systems. At Cirrity, Gerry is responsible for the company's "go-to-market" activities including partnerships, strategic sales, marketing, sales operations and business and corporate development.
"I am delighted to join a fast-growing, industry-leading company like Cirrity, and look forward to helping to accelerate that growth in conjunction with our outstanding team," said Baron. "One of the greatest barriers to cloud adoption has been concerns about security, but Cirrity's cloud was built for security, and we have achieved multiple certifications that confirm our industry leadership."
Baron received his B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.B.A. in General Management from Emory University's Goizueta Business School (GBS). He is a member of the TAG Information Security Society Board, as well as ISSA, PMI and AFCEA. Gerry also volunteers as a mentor for MIT and GBS students, serves as an MIT Educational Counselor (candidate interviewer), and actively mentors Boy Scouts as an Assistant Scoutmaster and Merit Badge Counselor.
"Gerry's experience and skills will be instrumental in growing our channel and helping our customers succeed," said Dan Timko, Cirrity President and Chief Technical Officer. "We are pleased to bring a professional of Gerry's caliber onto our team, and look forward to creating and supporting successful channel partnerships."
About Cirrity
Cirrity is a channel-only cloud services provider that enables partners to sell more cloud service by providing a secure and highly available Cisco platform plus an unmatched level of sales solutioning, deployment and support. Partners leverage Cirrity's "as a service" solutions, which include vStream™ disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), remote desktops as a service (DaaS) and secure hybrid cloud infrastructure solutions (IaaS), to easily and cost-effectively expand and differentiate their service offerings. www.cirrity.com
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