MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH), a leading provider of
Internet security technology and cloud-based security services,
today announced the appointment of Joy A.
Nemitz as Chief Marketing Officer and Sue Perng Lee as General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary.
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"Commtouch continues to execute on its strategy of leveraging
its core detection expertise to offer innovative cloud-based
security offerings," said Shlomi
Yanai, CEO at Commtouch. "Commtouch's cloud-based solutions
arm resellers, distributors, hosting providers and mobile
application developers with new turn-key revenue generation
opportunities. With this expanded customer base comes the need for
new cloud and software-related talent to ensure growth. I am
extremely pleased to welcome Joy and Sue, as both of them bring the
specific expertise we need to attract and nurture an ever-growing
number of new Commtouch partners."
As Chief Marketing Officer, Nemitz leads Commtouch's global
marketing team. Offering more than 24 years of executive
leadership, Nemitz previously served as Chief Marketing Officer for
Apptix, a provider of hosted IT solutions. She also held strategic
marketing and business development positions in cloud, SaaS and
hosted services marketing at TARGUS info, Synchronoss Technologies
Inc., VeriSign Incorporated and Syniverse Technologies. She holds
both a bachelor's degree from Gannon
University and a master's degree from Southeastern University.
Bringing 13 years of experience in legal, regulatory, compliance
and corporate governance functions, Lee previously served as
General Counsel and Vice President for Harmonix Music Systems, a
software development company. She previously served as Vice
President of Business & Legal Affairs at MTV Networks,
Corporate and Securities Counsel at Genzyme Corporation, and an
attorney at the international law firm, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Lee
holds a bachelor's degree and law degree from Harvard University.
Both Nemitz and Lee are based in Commtouch's headquarters in
McLean, Virginia.
About Commtouch
Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) is a leading provider of
Internet security technology and cloud-based services for vendors
and service providers, increasing the value and profitability of
our customers' solutions by protecting billions of Internet
transactions on a daily basis. With 12 global data centers and
award-winning, patented technology, Commtouch's email, Web, and
antivirus capabilities easily integrate into our customers'
products and solutions, keeping safe more than 550 million end
users. To learn more, visit www.commtouch.com.
- Blog: http://blog.commtouch.com
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/commtouch
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/commtouch
- Twitter: @Commtouch
Recurrent Pattern Detection, RPD, Zero-Hour and GlobalView
are trademarks, and Commtouch is a registered trademark of
Commtouch. U.S. Patent No. 6,330,590 is owned by Commtouch. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
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