Attachmate and NetIQ announce the appointment of Michel van der Laan (45) as Senior Director EMEA. In his new role, Van der Laan will be responsible for all sales and marketing activities for the NetIQ business in EMEA.
Van der Laan has 20 years of experience in IT, of which the last eight years have been at NetIQ, later Attachmate. In his most recent job as Sales Director, he was responsible for the Nordics, the Benelux, France and South Africa.
Attachmate and NetIQ are thrilled with Van der Laan's new appointment because of his extensive knowledge and experience in the enterprise software market, his international sales experience in automated infrastructure and security management and his dynamic leadership skills.
Over the coming months Van der Laan will focus on strengthening the NetIQ market position in EMEA, exceeding the goals for 2010 and developing strategy for FY2011.
“After Attachmate acquired NetIQ in 2006, we have strengthened our market position considerably and extended our product offering tremendously,” says Michel van der Laan. “In this new position, I will be able to apply my knowledge and experience to the entire EMEA organisation. My primary goal is to have NetIQ grow in all EMEA regions by collaborating with our partners and customers. This will allow us to understand their challenges even better so that we can translate that into our solutions and services. That is a goal that I am fully committed to.”
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