Websense: Matt Hynes is VP Worldwide Channel Sales

February 8, 2010

Matt Hynes is filling the newly created role of Vice President Worldwide Channel Sales, effective immediately.

"We are delighted to have Matt join our worldwide executive team. Together, we will align our global channel sales strategies and enable our channel partners to build profitable practices around our growing portfolio of security solutions," said Websense Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Didier Guibal. "Matt's deep experience in IT security, combined with his global channel sales expertise and straightforward approach to partner engagement, will optimize our worldwide channel sales organization and drive greater growth and profitability for our channel partners."

As Vice President Worldwide Channel Sales, Matt reports to Didier Guibal and is responsible for leading and growing the Websense global channel sales efforts which include value-added resellers (VARs), direct marketers and federal resellers. In 2009, the Websense channel sales team successfully grew its incremental business with North America channel partners by more than 50 percent and saw record growth in excess of 170 percent among its top performing channel partners.

Matt brings more than 20 years of sales experience and 12 years of channel expertise as a senior executive at publicly traded IT companies, including security and enterprise software providers McAfee, Sun Microsystems and ArcSight, where he was most recently vice president of worldwide channel sales.

"Websense is committed to the success of its channel partners and will continue to lead the industry by delivering the best security solutions for modern threats at the lowest total cost of ownership," said Matt Hynes. "I am thrilled to join Websense at such a pivotal time in the company's history and will always work to do right by our channel partners."