Trustware Adds Martin Hack And H. Peter Felgentreff
To Its Executive Management Team

Former Sun And Zone Labs Information Security Experts Join Virtualization Company, Trustware

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif & TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trustware, the leader in application virtualization security technologies, today announced an expansion of its management team with two new executive appointments. The additions come as the security technology market makes huge strides in response to the increasing demand for powerful and trusted security solutions.

“Martin and Peter are an important addition to our company. They both played crucial roles in developing markets for some of the leading security products in the world. Their experience strengthens us across the board and positions us well for the future.”

Trustware is the developer of BufferZone, a unique security virtualization software available for home users and organizations of all sizes. Founded in 2003, the company delivers cutting-edge security solutions that complement existing security suites by protecting the user against zero-day threats, identity theft, electronic vandalism and more. BufferZones one-of-a-kind, user-friendly Application Virtualization Technology has already been installed on more than 1.5 million desktops worldwide and protects home users, as well as corporate digital assets, against damage and theft by online threats.

Each of these executives will be corner stones to an already impressive management team at Trustware, said Israel Baharay, CEO and Chairman, Trustware. Martin and Peter are an important addition to our company. They both played crucial roles in developing markets for some of the leading security products in the world. Their experience strengthens us across the board and positions us well for the future.

The new team members include:

  • H. Peter Felgentreff joins Trustware as the Vice President of Worldwide Sales. With more then two decades of technology sales and management experience, Peter will oversee Trustwares global sales execution strategy including direct channels, field operations and partner recruitment. He joins Trustware from Kerio Technologies where he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. As Vice President of Sales at Zone Labs (NYSE:CKP), Peter was responsible for building the foundation that led to the eventual acquisition by Checkpoint. At Aladdin Knowledge Systems (NASDAQ:ALDN), Peters efforts resulted in his sales division generating nearly half of the company's annual revenues.
  • Martin Hack joins Trustware as the Vice President of Marketing. He has more than 15 years of marketing and information security expertise. Prior to joining Trustware, Martin was the Director of Marketing at GreenBorder Technologies, a security virtualization company that was acquired by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG). He also held management positions at Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA), where he was responsible for the Trusted Solaris Operating System. During his tenure, Trusted Solaris achieved triple-digit revenue increase over three consecutive years and became the de-facto standard for secure and classified communication platforms. As a security advisor and risk assessment expert, he consulted to numerous Fortune 500 companies and government organizations.

About Trustware

Trustware has developed unique security software called BufferZone. BufferZones breakthrough virtualization technology is the ultimate safety net in the anti-malware arena - it protects even against new and still unknown threats, while requiring absolutely no signature updates at all. BufferZone solves the conflict between security and usability by automatically isolating any program, download, or file from your operating system, thus preventing system corruption, sensitive file loss and identity theft. Its one-of-a-kind technology has already been installed on more than 1.5 million desktops worldwide. Incorporated in 2003, Trustware is a privately held company with offices in Tel Aviv, Israel and Mountain View, CA. It was named by Microsoft and The Marker business magazine as one of the 10 Hot Startups of 2006. For more information, visit www.trustware.com.

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