Cenzic Names Mike Minelli Vice President of Sales as Growth Skyrockets
Former Everdream, Active Reasoning and Opsware Executive Brings Extensive Sales Expertise to Cenzic Management Team
SANTA CLARA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/12/2007 -- Cenzic, Inc., the leading provider of application security assessment and risk management solutions, today announced the appointment of Mike Minelli as the company's vice president of sales. Minelli, who brings many years of sales experience within global organizations, will be responsible for the direction and management of Cenzic's sales department and all sales matters affecting the company. The search was conducted by Taylor Winfield, Inc.
"We welcome Mike as the latest addition to Cenzic," said John Weinschenk, CEO and president of Cenzic. "He brings a great breath of knowledge and experience to our company and will drive Cenzic's leadership within the web application security market. As Cenzic is experiencing record-breaking growth, we needed a sales executive who can take Cenzic to even greater heights. Mike fits the profile perfectly."
Minelli joins Cenzic from Everdream Corp., a leader in delivering cost effective, low risk, on-demand desktop management services to users worldwide. As vice president of sales and services at Everdream, he led the overhaul of the sales and services organization and managed hiring and distribution deals. Prior to Everdream, he served as an executive officer at Active Reasoning Corporation and Opsware, Inc. At Active Reasoning, Minelli served as vice president of worldwide sales, responsible for all sales, system engineering, field marketing and professional services. Before Active Reasoning, he served as vice president of sales, central US and Canada at Opsware, Inc.
"I'm elated to join such an exceptional management team and an industry-leading application risk-management solution," said Minelli. "Cenzic will really play a large role in developing the future of application security, and I'm excited to be a part of it."
About Cenzic, Inc.
Cenzic, www.cenzic.com, is a leading provider of the next-generation enterprise software and a leading Managed Service offering for automated application security assessment and compliance that allows Fortune 1000 corporations, mid-sized corporations, and government organizations to dramatically improve the security of Web applications. Cenzic solutions are the most accurate, comprehensive, and extensible in the industry. With its flagship Hailstorm product line that includes Hailstorm Starter, Hailstorm Core, Hailstorm Professional, Hailstorm Enterprise ARC (Application Risk Controller) and the ClickToSecure managed service, Cenzic is the only company in the industry to offer a complete application security assessment suite for enterprises of all sizes. Cenzic's current focus includes financial services, e-retail, healthcare, and government sectors. Investors include Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, JK&B Capital, Advanced Technology Partners and Mohr Davidow Venture Partners.
About Taylor Winfield, Inc.
Established in 1987, Taylor Winfield has been instrumental in building billions $$ in market value within the high technology industry, via retained executive search and strategic business development. Through key relationships with premier venture capital firms, maturing client companies, and their executive network of visionary industry leaders, Taylor Winfield has conducted searches to create hundreds of high tech core management teams in enterprise software (applications & infrastructure), wireless, networking, computer hardware, services, and semiconductors. For more information, please visit www.taylorwinfield.com.
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