Red Condor Adds New Director of Channel Management

Jan. 22, 2009 - PRLog -- Rohnert Park, Calif. – Red Condor, a leading provider of fully managed email security solutions, today announced that Chris Gardner has been appointed as the new director of channel management. Gardner brings more than 18 years of sales, marketing and business development experience, most recently serving as director of channel development for BakBone Software in San Diego, Calif. At Red Condor, Gardner will be responsible for building an inside sales team focused on reseller development and growth.

Prior to BakBone, Gardner served as the director of channel and alliances for Akonix Systems, a division of Quest Software, where he was responsible for all channel management activities across the United States, Canada, Asia and Latin America. He also served as vice president of North America sales for Lumension Security (formerly PatchLink Corp.) from 2003 to 2006 where he grew sales from less than $10 million to more than $35 million.

“The channel has always been important to Red Condor, and going forward, we see an even stronger focus on leveraging our technology and relationships within the industry to make it an even greater part of our business,” said Thomas Steding, president and CEO of Red Condor. “Chris has the technical expertise and industry experience to really drive growth for Red Condor, in addition to his proven ability to build successful sales teams at every stop in his extensive career. He will be working with award-winning products and services with a solid base of satisfied and loyal customers. We look forward to his contributions to our sales team and to the success of Red Condor.”

Gardner also worked as the director of national sales for St. Bernard Software from 2000 to 2003 where he helped increase sales growth by 120 percent. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Northeastern University and a master’s degree in international business from Georgetown University.

“Red Condor has already established strong relationships with resellers across the United States, and it will be my job to build upon that success and further establish our email security appliances and hosted service as preferred solutions among Internet Service Providers and the SMB market,” stated Gardner. “What will continue to distinguish Red Condor from the other players in the industry, in addition to our technology, is our focus on delivering accurate, powerful and reliable solutions that eliminate the day-to-day management of email security, which has become the status quo among many IT departments today. I look forward to the challenge and opportunity to help Red Condor create value for our partners, grow revenues and expand market share.”

About Red Condor
Red Condor is revolutionizing spam-fighting technology. Red Condor’s highly accurate Email DNA™ filter, hybrid architecture Vx Technology™, and fully managed appliances lead to a dramatic reduction in the cost of owning a premium spam filter. With solutions for small business, as well as ISPs with millions of email inboxes, Red Condor has a cost-effective, time-saving solution that is rapidly gaining market share. The system’s design has built-in zero tolerance for lost email, and a near zero false-positive rate while achieving long-term spam block rates greater than 99%. This next generation technology is backed by a 24x7 customer care center staffed by email security experts at Red Condor’s headquarters. For more information, visit http://www.redcondor.com.