MANILA, Philippines – Kaspersky Lab CEO and co-founder Eugene Kaspersky was recently named one of the most influential executives in the IT industry, boosting the Internet security company s achievements in providing superior Internet security solutions.
The Moscow anti-virus whiz placed 10th in this year’s list of The Most Influential Executives of 2009 by Everything Channel’s CRN (USA) for having rewritten the rules of the computer security game and created a security superpower with his company’s take-no-prisoners approach to the market.
Kaspersky’s hand-on approach to the business has translated into countless awards for the company’s products, it said. Kaspersky’s passion and drive to assure that the company has not lost its technical edge even as he has grown it into one of the largest privately held security companies in the world. US-based CRN is a leading trade newsweekly that provides timely industry news and analysis for solution providers, integrators and e-businesses building technology solutions and considered the most trusted source of news for 117,500 channel professionals.
Kaspersky Lab has grown to become the world s largest privately held anti-malware company. At present, the company ranks among the world s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users. Eugene Kaspersky has overseen the direction and development of the Kaspersky Lab technology by spending countless hours writing and designing software himself. Even with a growing team of researchers and software developers, Kaspersky remains closely involved in the software development process to ensure the technological direction of the company matches the needs of Kaspersky Lab’s partners and customers.
The company’s Chief Executive Officer still meets face-to-face with resellers, business owners, IT industry luminaries and aspiring software students as he travels around the globe, sharing the values of the company, and ensuring Kaspersky Lab’s solutions meet the real-world needs of the users he has pledged to protect from Internet threats.
Eugene Kaspersky attributes much of Kaspersky Lab s success to its 100 percent commitment to the channel. The company s partner program is built to drive leads and sales opportunities, provide financing options, and share in-depth training, competitive comparisons, and other resources to help win deals and provide unmatched post-sale support to the end-user.
When I founded Kaspersky Lab, partnership was the basis for everything we did and it continues to be today, said Kaspersky. Partners are the key to our success and we are constantly striving to provide them with the tools they need to be successful, including constant improvements to our technology to ensure our customers are kept safe online.
Receiving this recognition from Everything Channel s CRN as one of the most influential individuals is truly an honor. Congratulations to all of the executives who are recognized this year! The Top 100 Most Influential Executives in the Industry listing recognizes the executives who have changed the way the channel does business today and in the future.
This year s list salutes the 25 Most Influential Executives individuals who are focused on innovation, as well as consistency and those overcoming remarkable challenges. With so many innovative channel executives in the industry today we ve expanded our list to include 100 executives, stated Robert C. DeMarzo, Senior Vice President and Editorial Director, Everything Channel. We ve highlighted the most influential, the sales leaders, the most innovative as well as those who have changed the rules of the channel and Eugene Kaspersky is at the top of the list. We salute him and the other leaders for their hard work and devotion to the technology channel. as of 12/17/2009 4:39 PM