BeyondTrust®, the security industry’s only provider of context-aware solutions for privilege and vulnerability management, has announced Kevin Gallagher has joined BeyondTrust as vice president of Strategic Alliances. In his role, Gallagher will be responsible for creating and accelerating routes to market for BeyondTrust products and solutions. This will encompass strategic, reseller, channel, VAR, OEM, and technology partner relationships.
“BeyondTrust plans to place greater emphasis on partner programs in the years ahead,” said Kevin Hickey, CEO at BeyondTrust. “Gallagher’s heritage in sales and business development will serve as a key asset for our corporate partner growth strategy.”
Gallagher joins BeyondTrust from Brinqa, where he served as the vice president of Worldwide Sales and Business Development for Brinqa’s Risk Analytics solution. In this position, he was responsible the company’s sales functions, including its direct and inside sales force and sales operations, taking the company from startup status to influential vendor in the marketplace. At Brinqa, he cultivated relationships with partners, including Accuvant, HP, IBM, McAfee, Oracle, and TripWire. Prior to that, Gallagher was the director of Global Security Sales for Sun Microsystems. Earlier in his career, Kevin held a variety of sales positions at CA Technologies.
“I’m really looking forward to helping accelerate BeyondTrust’s leadership position in the privilege and vulnerability markets,” said Gallagher. “Leading BeyondTrust’s strategic alliances is an exciting opportunity, and I’m eager to begin driving partner relationships and success.”
With more than 15 years’ experience maximizing sales opportunities in highly competitive markets, Gallagher has earned recognition as a top-producing sales executive who has earned the trust of both customers and prospects, while simultaneously serving as a motivating team leader and mentor.
