PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, today announced that Robert Arms has joined the company as vice president of midmarket enterprise sales.
In his new role, Arms will lead Tripwire’s efforts to expand its market presence with midmarket enterprise customers who currently comprise over half of Tripwire’s customer base. Tripwire also counts nearly half of the Fortune 500 as customers.
“We are extremely pleased to have someone of Bob’s caliber join our sales team,” said Gus Malezis, vice president of worldwide sales for Tripwire. “As we work on meeting the rapidly expanding demand for Tripwire solutions, Robert’s vision, leadership and strategic sales skills are a perfect fit for our growing sales team.”
Arms brings over twenty-five years of technology sales experience to his new position. In his previous role with Intuit, Arms focused on creating and championing high performing teams that consistently met all goals and achieved double-digit sales growth. In addition, his teams built strategic partnerships and provided solutions-based customer service. Prior to Intuit, Arms was vice president of software sales for Hewlett-Packard Co. for the Americas. Arms holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wittenberg University and resides in Portland, Oregon.
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Tripwire is a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, enabling enterprises, government agencies and service providers to effectively connect security to their business. Tripwire provides the broadest set of foundational security controls including security configuration management, vulnerability management, file integrity monitoring, log and event management. Tripwire solutions deliver unprecedented visibility, business context and security business intelligence allowing extended enterprises to protect sensitive data from breaches, vulnerabilities, and threats. Learn more at www.tripwire.com, get security news, trends and insights at http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/ or follow us on Twitter @TripwireInc.