Integralis, a UK based IT security solutions provider, has promoted Simon Church from UK managing director to chief operations officer (COO) of Integralis AG.
In his new role, Simon will be responsible for the delivery of Integralis’ solution portfolio globally with an emphasis on driving Managed Security Services.
He will oversee global functions including sales, marketing, partner management and service delivery; while continuing to drive the globalisation of the company, in which NTT Communications Corporation obtained a majority shareholding in 2009.
Simon joins the Management Board alongside chief executive officer (CEO) Georg Magg and chief financial officer (CFO) Heiner Luntz.
In his new role, Simon will draw on his past experience as vice president of Security Services at VeriSign, where he held global responsibility for VeriSign’s Managed Security Services, Security Consulting and Threat Intelligence.
Prior to that, Simon was vice president and general manager, EMEA at NetIQ, and launched and successfully grew the EMEA subsidiary of Mission Critical Software.
He joined Integralis from VeriSign in August 2009.
Integralis AG’s Supervisory Board chairman Luc Loos said they are confident that Simon is the right person to deliver global growth of the company, bringing further security consultancy and managed services to NTT clients and the market worldwide, while strengthening their position as a trusted pure play security specialist globally.
