London, UK: OpenDNS has established its first Europe, The Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in London, accelerating its global expansion efforts. The US-based company will leverage its growing international presence to help companies in the region prevent their employees from reaching out to malicious sites and block incoming advanced threats that can infect their corporate networks — securing users and data anywhere, anytime, on any device. OpenDNS plans to use its increased footprint to provide expanded local support for its growing base of global customers.
OpenDNS also announced that Andre Stewart has joined the company as OpenDNS’s vice president of EMEA. Stewart brings over 22 years of experience in building and growing businesses, developing global sales strategies and leading successful international sales organizations. Prior to OpenDNS, he spent several years in the networking and security industries, including leadership positions at A10 Networks, Corero, and Fortinet where he successfully recruited strong sales teams and channel partners. He also served as Managing Partner at Agora M&A, where he specialized in cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the data-communications reseller channel space.
“Opening our EMEA headquarters in London is the start of an aggressive series of steps we’re taking to bring our world-class network security solutions to businesses based in Europe and beyond,” said David Ulevitch, founder and CEO of OpenDNS. “We’re very excited to have an experienced enterprise security and networking professional like Andre Stewart overseeing our EMEA business. His successful track record building high-performing international sales teams, combined with his security expertise will be an asset to OpenDNS as we grow our business in EMEA.”