LONDON, UK: Centrify Corporation has announced that the company posted record total sales in calendar year 2013 and more than 40 percent growth year over year with a strong performance by Europe. With this growth, Centrify continued to grow its customer installed base, the largest share in its segment within the security market, while maintaining in excess of 97 percent customer retention rate.
The company’s employee base also grew by approximately 30 percent over 2012 with total headcount now more than 400 personnel. In Europe, Centrify’s headcount also experienced significant growth, doubling in number across the region in 2013. This includes the appointment of Jean-Marc Valat as new Regional Sales Manager for Southern Europe and Dirk Wahlefeld as the new EMEA East Systems Engineer.
On Centrify’s European growth figures, EMEA Director Darren Gross commented, “We’ve grown our European and UK headcount over the past quarter for two very important reasons. Firstly to make sure we’re supporting our customers across EMEA with local language support, recruiting many new employees both in-region and at our EMEA HQ with multi-lingual capabilities. Secondly, to meet rapidly expanding business and interest around our mobile device and cloud based solutions.” Gross added, “By investing in our EMEA operation, we are now seeing the benefits of a larger and more experienced team.”
“Centrify continued to expand its solution set to comprehensively address identity needs for both on-premise and cloud environments while also taking a decidedly mobile-centric approach to identity that is critical given mobile devices are the growing method for accessing apps,” said Centrify CEO Tom Kemp. “Posting yet another record year for sales validates the differentiated approach Centrify offers that centralises identities for improved security and management across data centre, cloud and mobile. The company continues to expand globally through headcount and important partnerships, including in the U.S. where we have moved to larger headquarters facilities to meet our continued rapid growth.”