14 DAY TRIAL // IT security solutions provider Secunia has just announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer (CEO). The company’s board has decided that starting with July 1, 2013, Peter Colsted, former senior director EMEA specialist sales at Microsoft, will fill in the position.
Before joining Secunia, Colsted worked at Microsoft for four and a half years.
Secunia hopes that the decision to appoint Peter Colsted as CEO will accelerate growth and international expansion, and further strengthen the organization’s international position.
“We are very excited to bring on a leader of Peter Colsted’s caliber. With his years of executive management and leadership experience in the international IT industry, I am confident that Peter is the right person to lead and define Secunia moving forward,” commented Jesper Johansen, chairman of the board.
Peter Colsted noted,“Secunia is a fantastic company with a great technology, and is renowned in the industry for the uncompromising quality of its research. The offerings of the company perfectly match the needs of the fast-growing, global vulnerability management market, and I look forward to lead and be part of the future success of Secunia.”