Security outfit Opengear has appointed John Svenson its new Regional Sales Manager for the Nordics.
Svensson will use his extensive experience to continue Opengear’s rapid expansion across Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. The appointment comes amid record revenue growth for Opengear across the entire EMEA region.
In the last 12 months, Opengear has acquired more than 200 new customers, signed up 14 new distributors, and expanded headcount by 20 percent. Financial services, banking, telecom, higher education, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, oil and gas, local and central government, computer gaming, online gambling, technology, and managed services are sectors where Opengear said it has seen significant customer growth.
Recently, Opengear has made changes in its channel and extended the network of organisations it works with across Europe. In the Nordics region, Opengear signed a new agreement with Copenhagen-based SEC Datacom and extended its relationship with Exclusive Networks, a pan-European distributor for Opengear. Svensson’s appointment continues Opengear’s strategic shift toward local sales and presales expertise to increase business opportunities and expand collaboration with distribution companies, systems integrators, and managed services providers.
Svensson said he would focus on strengthening collaboration with associate businesses and end users, developing new opportunities, and becoming a trusted adviser.
“While other IT companies have been retrenching, we have been recruiting”, said Alan Stewart-Brown, Vice President EMEA for Opengear. “We’ve enjoyed phenomenal growth across the Nordics and John brings deep experience in networks and sales across the region. He will play a key role as we improve our reach and redouble our expansion efforts. Last year was another record year for Opengear throughout Europe, a year when network resilience has never been more critical to business continuity planning. As this year unfolds, we expect further substantial growth, especially across southern Europe and the Middle East.”
