Acronis appoints VP of Sales

Acronis has appointed Robert Yang as Vice-President of Sales for Asia.  Robert's responsibilities will include seeing business directions and go-to-market strategies, as well as maintaining Acronis' strong presence in the SMB marketplace across the Asia region.

Robert brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the United States and Asia-Pacific region, with excellent track record in cultivating sales, strategizing channel developments and growing market shares across verticals in high growth organizations such as Teleplan, Hitachi Data Systems and Seagate.

"I am joining Acronis at the strategic intersection where it is expanding the capabilities of its backup and recovery solutions as a leading provider for the SMB markets.  I am looking forward to working with the local expert teams and channels to continue to create compelling business value and find better and faster ways to deliver our solutions to our customers," Robert Yang said.

Bill Taylor-Mountford, President, Acronis, APAC, said, "There are very significant opportunities for Acronis in this region and Robert is an excellent and welcome addition to the team. With his extensive experience in the storage business and travels around the APAC region, Acronis will consolidate our leadership position with SMBs in this region and seize upstream opportunities.'