Carbon Black Appoints Channel Veteran Jon Kane as New EMEA Channel Director

Reading, UK – 19th April 2018— Carbon Black, a leader in next-generation endpoint security, today announced it has appointed channel veteran Jon Kane as EMEA Channel Director. Kane’s appointment follows the recent appointment of former Microsoft and channel leader, and 2018 CRN Channel Chief, Victor Baez, as Vice President of Worldwide Channels.

Kane, brings a track record of more than 20 years to Carbon Black. Over that time, Kane has amassed proven sales credentials for enterprise security vendors and gathered experience managing a range of channels, products, and services.

Prior to joining Carbon Black, Kane was Head of Channel, EMEA at FireEye, where he was responsible for channel strategy across EMEA. Previously, Kane was UK Distribution Manager at McAfee, where he headed up all UK&I distribution.

Mark Reeves, VP for EMEA Sales at Carbon Black said: “Jon is an EMEA channel expert with extensive experience and hands-on sales territory and sales-management skills. In particular, he has maintained strong sales performance records in developed and emerging territories. With the recent appointment of Victor Baez as VP of Worldwide Channels, who has been recognised as a 2018 CRN Channel Chief, we are building a formidable team to lead our channel operations in EMEA and worldwide.”

Throughout 2017 and early 2018, Carbon Black has strengthened its partner portfolio, with more than 130+ MSSP partners, 100+ IR partners, and 400+ channel partners worldwide.

Kane said: “I was attracted to Carbon Black because it has an excellent set of products, an enviable reputation in the market, and is focused on driving growth through the channel. It is an exciting time to be part of the business.”

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About Carbon Black

Carbon Black is a leading provider of next-generation endpoint security. Carbon Black serves more than 3,700 customers globally, including 33 of the Fortune 100. As a cybersecurity innovator, Carbon Black has pioneered multiple endpoint security categories, including application control, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and next-generation antivirus (NGAV). Leveraging its big data and analytics cloud platform – the Cb Predictive Security Cloud – Carbon Black solutions enable customers to defend against the most advanced cyber threats, including malware, ransomware, and non-malware attacks. Deployed via the cloud, on premise, or as a managed service, customers use Carbon Black solutions to lock down critical systems, hunt threats, and replace legacy antivirus. For more information, please visit www.carbonblack.com or follow us on Twitter at @CarbonBlack_Inc.

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