Kash Sharma appointed new director for check point software technologies
Check Point Software Technologies has appointed Kash Sharma as its new director of distribution and SMB for Australia and New Zealand, to help drive its local channel partner business. Sharma, who joined Check Point in 2014, is charged with engaging the pure-play security vendor’s distributors and growing its business through the company’s network of new and existing channel partners.
Sharma enters the new, Sydney-based, role after spending the past two years as sales manager, A/NZ, for the local arm of Check Point.He has also done time as the regional sales manager for Australia and New Zealand at application networking and security provider, A10 Networks, business development manager, Cisco Services, at Express Data, and business development manager at Telstra Business.
Sharma’s appointment comes as former Fortinet channel manager Northern Region at Exclusive GRP, Cameron Durbin, enters the role of SMB channel manager at Check Point A/NZ, and follows hot on the heels of the appointment of former Symantec national partner manager, Craig McGregor to director of channel sales A/NZ.
For Sharma, the new role will give him the opportunity to invest in the company’s new channel program and help distributors and partners alike navigate the changing technology landscape.