Acronis Spreads Reach in the Channel, Pulls From Proven Executive

July 15, 2014 - PRLog -- London, UK July 15, 2014—Acronis® (http://www.acronis.com), the global leader in new generation data protection, announced today the appointment of its new Vice President for Global Channel Sales, Chris Hilderbrand, to further build lasting relationships and drive revenue growth in the Channel. This change will help accelerate market adoption of the Acronis AnyData Engine (http://www.acronis.com/en-us/business/backup-advanced/any-data/), providing easy, complete and safe backup, disaster recovery and secure access solutions through the Channel.

Hilderbrand brings to Acronis a broad experience in channel sales and marketing. Previously, he oversaw SMB sales and commercial distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean at Microsoft, where he managed key alliances and partnerships to drive more than 95% of his organisation’s transactions through the channel. In his new role at Acronis, Hilderbrand is committed to ensuring Acronis leads with the channel and to optimising all facets of partner engagement.

“I am thrilled to join Acronis, which has one of the best engineering and leadership teams in the industry today with the right vision to become the most powerful provider of data security across devices, software and cloud services”, said Chris Hilderbrand, VP of Global Channel Sales at Acronis. “I know that Acronis was built based on great partners, and I will work to strengthen our channel relationships even further so that we address the explosive demand for data solutions in the market and grow revenues and profitability together.”

“From my experience working with Chris at Microsoft, I have witnessed his great skill in the complex area of Channel relationships,” said Yury Larichev, President of Acronis. “He is the ideal member to join our international team and make sure we maximise our global Channel network to the fullest of its capabilities.”

Acronis recently announced a number of top executive appointments (http://www.acronis.com/en-us/pr/2014/04/11-12-54.html), including the addition of its new President of Global Operations Yury Larichev (http://www.acronis.com/en-us/company/#yury.larichev) to place further emphasis on growth in the channel. The organisation has also expanded its programs for the channel for increased opportunities for partners, including a new Acronis Certified Engineer course (http://www.acronis.com/en-us/pr/2014/05/12-16-19.html) and a North American Partner Council (http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240165823/acronis-revamps-channel-program-turns-to-partners-for-key-to-success.htm).

About Acronis

Acronis sets the standard for New Generation Data Protection through its backup, disaster recovery, and secure access solutions. Powered by the AnyData Engine and set apart by its image technology, Acronis delivers easy, complete and safe backups of all files, applications and OS across any environment—virtual, physical, cloud and mobile.

Founded in 2002, Acronis protects the data of over 5 million consumers and 300,000 businesses in over 130 countries and 30,000 partners in its channel community. With its more than 100 patents, Acronis’ products have been named best product of the year by Network Computing (http://www.networkcomputingawards.co.uk), TechTarget (http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/Best-backup-and-recovery-software-CommVault-wins-enterprise-honor-Acronis-top-midrange-app) and IT Professional (http://www.it-professional.pl/temat-numeru/artykul,4458,produkt-roku-2013.html) and cover a range of features, including migration, cloning and replication.

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