Versa Networks announced it has named former Proofpoint and CA Technologies executive Martin Mackay as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Mackay joins Versa to lead the company’s expanding field teams to accelerate its impressive global growth.
“The company has that rare combination of outstanding technology, collaborative and customer-centric culture, and global penetration,” Mackay said. “Customers are taking advantage of the convergence of security and networking to power their digital transformation and Versa is uniquely positioned to support them. It is a privilege to be joining such a talented team and to lead our continued global expansion.”
Mackay brings more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry to the new role at Versa. Most recently, he served as SVP EMEA for Proofpoint based in London, and prior to that he was President and GM Asia Pacific and Japan for CA Technologies based out of Singapore.
Earlier in his career Mackay was VP International for Verisign; led Business Development and Marketing for NorthgateArinso; and held a variety of leadership roles for PeopleSoft.
He also served as CEO of four venture capital-backed companies and spent time as a VC himself based in London.
Versa offers Versa SASE, delivering integrated services via the cloud, on-premises, or as a blended combination of both via Versa Operating System (VOS) with a Single-Pass Parallel Processing architecture and managed through a single pane of glass.
Versa began delivering SASE services such as VPN, Secure SD-WAN, Edge Compute Protection, Next-Generation Firewall, Next-Generation Firewall as a Service, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) more than five years ago.