Sigaba Names Three Senior Vice Presidents

Sigaba Names Three Senior Vice Presidents

Brandon Brown to Lead Sales, Nancy Chou to Lead Marketing, and Paul Wyatt to Lead Engineering

SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigaba, the leading provider of secure messaging solutions, today announced the appointment of Brandon Brown to the position of senior vice president of sales, Nancy Chou to the position of senior vice president of marketing, and Paul Wyatt to the position of senior vice president of engineering. All three bring extensive senior management experience in the technology industry to their new roles at Sigaba.

Prior to joining Sigaba, Brown was responsible for eastern region sales at Persistence Software, Inc. In the past 12 years, Brown has held senior and executive management positions at four start-up firms, resulting in annual growth from 40 to 150 percent and delivering revenues of $3 to $95 million per year. Brown's career experience also includes direct sales and sales management experience at General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and other multinational firms.

"As governments, businesses, and consumers face increasing security and privacy challenges, the need for secure messaging is growing," said Brandon Brown, senior vice president of sales at Sigaba. "I'm committed to helping Sigaba build on its leadership in the secure messaging space and to driving increased market share."

In talking about her new position, Chou comments on Sigaba's growing reputation. "Sigaba has built a reputation as the leader in secure messaging-providing a flexible platform for protected information sharing for a growing customer base. I look forward to meeting our customers' critical needs and to helping more organizations address the challenges of sharing information in the digital world," said Nancy Chou, senior vice president of marketing at Sigaba.

Chou brings start-up and Fortune 500 experience to her new role at Sigaba. Prior to joining Sigaba, Chou was principal of a marketing strategy consultancy to numerous enterprise technology companies and taught a sales-focused marketing course at Stanford University. Chou's extensive career includes executive positions in marketing at Aisys, Mainsoft, and Cygnus Solutions, and key marketing roles at HP and IBM.

New senior vice president of engineering, Paul Wyatt has more than 20 years of leadership experience as a vice president of technology and chief technology officer in high-technology companies. Before joining Sigaba, Wyatt was CEO and partner at Business Effect, a managed services provider focused on business-critical systems. As a co-founder and driving force at Business Effect, Wyatt was responsible for setting company direction and defining products and services.

"Sigaba has unique solutions for solving the critical challenges of securing information shared among businesses and governments. I look forward to contributing to the product advantages that help Sigaba's customers address the urgent mission of secure messaging," said Wyatt.

"We are now set to deliver on our aggressive corporate goals for '05, with an outstanding team of seasoned, energetic professionals. Brandon Brown, Nancy Chou, and Paul Wyatt bring valuable expertise to our executive team that will help accelerate the company's growth and leadership position in the secure messaging market," said Robert E. Cook, CEO and chairman of Sigaba.

Chou holds a bachelor of science degree from California State University and a master of management degree from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. Brown's education and training includes the Bachelor of Arts Program of Queen's College, and Wyatt holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

About Sigaba

Secure Data in Motion Inc., dba Sigaba, is the leading provider of secure messaging solutions that encourage and protect electronic information sharing among governments, businesses and consumers. The company's trusted solutions for secure email, instant messaging and document delivery help organizations mitigate compliance risks while strengthening relationships, improving efficiencies, and safeguarding intellectual property for increased competitive advantage. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Sigaba (si-ga-ba) takes its name from the SIGABA encryption machine used by the U.S. during World War II; it was the only device of its kind that was never compromised by the enemy. More information is available at http://www.sigaba.com/ .


Source: Sigaba

CONTACT: Susan Brandes of Sigaba, +1-650-572-6103, or
sbrandes@sigaba.com; or Thia Parodi of Merritt Group, +1-415-439-5382, or
tparodi@merritgrp.com, for Sigaba

Web site: http://www.sigaba.com/


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