Michael Fey joins Blue Coat as President & COO

Blue Coat Systems has announced appointment of Michael Fey as President and Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. Fey brings operational and go-to-market expertise that will drive revenue growth and extend the reach of Blue Coat in the market. He will report to Blue Coat CEO Greg Clark.

As President and COO, Fey will bring to Blue Coat a critical focus on aligning the company’s leading web security, encryption management, cloud offerings and advanced threat protection solutions with customer requirements. Additionally, he will be responsible for field and customer-facing business operations, and collaborating on strategy.

“Blue Coat has successfully established itself as a market leader over the last three years by building an integrated portfolio of security solutions, aggressively acquiring companies to enhance that portfolio and delivering best-in-class threat protection. Now is the time for us to drive expansion in the marketplace, and Mike is the best in the industry to help Blue Coat reach the next level of its growth,” said Blue Coat CEO Greg Clark.

Fey assumes his new role from David Murphy, who will continue as a strategic advisor to Clark and the Board of Directors.

“I have long admired Blue Coat’s solutions. Over the last three years, Blue Coat has innovated to deliver advance malware detection capabilities integrated with a strong forensics solution that creates a powerful security offering that is unique in the marketplace.  Blue Coat has also led the market around innovation in cloud security. I look forward to collaborating with the great team in place today to further extend this impressive solution set and drive additional marketplace growth,” said Fey.

Fey has more than 10 years of field, marketing and operational experience in security. Prior to joining Blue Coat, Fey was Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Corporate Products at McAfee and Chief Technology Officer of Intel Security, where he drove that company’s long-term strategic vision and innovation in the network, endpoint and analytics security segments by focusing on high-growth market opportunities and field execution.