News Release
Sprite Software Appoints Thom Bailey as New Chief Marketing Officer and Stuart Sang as New Global Marketing Manager
AUCKLAND, NZ – November 3, 2006 – Sprite Software Ltd. today announced the appointment of Thom Bailey as Chief Marketing Officer and Stuart Sang as Global Marketing Manager. In these new roles Bailey and Sang will serve as the senior marketing, sales, and product management leaders for the overall Sprite Software business worldwide.
“Organizations developing a comprehensive security strategy need to include mobile devices as key endpoints that should be secured and managed,†said Sean Connolly, Chief Executive Officer at Sprite Software Ltd. “Both Thom and Stuart bring many years of senior leadership experience to their respective roles and I’m delighted to have them part of the Sprite teamâ€.
Prior to heading the marketing, sales, and product management teams at Sprite Software, Bailey was director of product management at Symantec Corporation where he was responsible for driving revenue and establishing the strategic roadmap for Symantec’s system’s management division including such products as Symantec Ghost, pcAnywhere, and the LiveState Delivery, Discovery, and Patch Manager product lines. An eleven year Symantec veteran, Bailey helped facilitate several key acquisitions for Symantec as well as serving within different management capacities for the company’s leading anti-virus and cryptographic product offerings.
Before joining Sprite, Sang served as product manager for Symantec Corporation where he was responsible for the business and product requirements for the Symantec Ghost and Symantec Client Migration products lines. Prior to Symantec, Sang worked for over half a decade in the IT industry including two of New Zealand’s largest telecommunications companies in both technical and product management roles.
Bailey will be based in the newly opened US office of Sprite Software Inc, while Sang will reside in Sprite Software’s Auckland NZ headquarters.
About Sprite Software
Sprite Software provides solutions to help individuals and businesses assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information. Founded in 2001 by the creators of the industry-leading cloning solution now known as Symantec Ghostâ„¢, businesses and consumers now turn to Sprite Software as the trusted vendor for the protection of critical information stored on their handheld devices and mobile phones. More information is available at www.spritesoftware.com.
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