BullGuard appoints Steve Hicks as Head of Global Sales
London, 10th November 2014: BullGuard, the award-winning global provider of antivirus and mobile security solutions for the consumer market, has appointed Steve Hicks to head up its global sales team.
Steve brings more than 20 years’ experience in the technology and consumer electronics industry in
Europe and North America and has held senior sales and marketing roles with Panasonic, Philips and Optoma Technology.
BullGuard has a rapidly expanding customer base of 650,000 and an industry leading renewal rate. Revenue growth in 2014 has been driven particularly by sales through e-Commerce, which has demonstrated more than 40% year on year growth so far this year. BullGuard is currently focused on expanding its product portfolio, entering new markets and fully leveraging e-commerce opportunities.
The appointment of Steve follows the appointment earlier of George McDevitt as Chief Financial Officer, who also has more than 20 years of experience, primarily in the technology industry, including senior finance roles during the 15 years he worked at Oracle as well as several CFO positions in other technology sector businesses.
Nedko Ivanov, Chief Executive Officer of BullGuard, said:
“We are delighted to welcome Steve to BullGuard. Our senior team has now been significantly boosted with the appointment of Steve, following the addition of George to the team previously.
“Having undergone a period of significant transition, BullGuard is now poised to deliver strong growth, and we have in place an experienced team to lead the business forward to the next phase of its development.”
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About BullGuard:
BullGuard is a fast growing internet and mobile security brand. Its award-winning product portfolio includes internet security solutions, antivirus, mobile security, 24/7 identity protection, and social media protection for both home and small business users, including BullGuard Premium Protection – a unique suite that goes beyond the PC to safeguard personal and financial information by continually monitoring the web, social networks, as well as the dark web for stolen and compromised data sources.
BullGuard’s product offering is based on proprietary middleware technology which provides Plug & Play architecture to integrate cutting-edge third-party solutions along with strong in-house development capabilities.
BullGuard sells its security products online and through retail and resellers, to a rapidly expanding customer base of 650,000 with an industry leading renewal rate. Its customer base has seen significant growth, with e-Commerce particularly strong at more than 40% year on year growth in 2014.