Former McAfee Vice President fills role with 20 years of email
security experience and a history of delivering growth
Zix
Corporation (ZixCorp), (Nasdaq: ZIXI), a leader in email data
protection, announced that Kelly Haggerty was appointed the company’s
new Vice President of Product Management & Strategy. Mr. Haggerty has
developed a 20-year career of growing software as a service (SaaS)
security companies through his product leadership and strategic guidance.
“Kelly is an exceptional fit for ZixCorp. His experience in security,
knowledge of the email security landscape, and history of contributions
that led to significant company growth will be valuable as we plan and
execute ZixCorp’s long-term growth and profitability objectives,” said David
Wagner, Chief Executive Officer of ZixCorp.
Mr. Haggerty’s career includes leading product management for nine years
at McAfee (now Intel Security). From 2010 to 2014, he served as McAfee’s
Vice President of Product Management for the Security Management
Business, where products under his unit experienced significant growth.
From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Haggerty was McAfee’s Vice President of Product
Management for the SaaS Business Unit, contributing to 50 percent growth
in the customer base during his tenure.
Mr. Haggerty most recently served as Chief Product Officer of IID, a
SaaS security company, beginning in 2014. He was also Senior Vice
President of Product Management for SurfControl (acquired by Websense)
from 2000 to 2004, where his strategy expanded product lines that led to
revenue growth from $7 million to more than $100 million in less than
four years.
“ZixCorp’s advantages rest in its leading solutions, strong executive
team and healthy company culture,” said Haggerty. “I’m excited to join a
team that is dedicated to building on its position as the leader in
email encryption, and I look forward to making an immediate and lasting
impact on the executive team.”
About Zix Corporation
ZixCorp is a leader in email data protection. ZixCorp offers
industry-leading email encryption, a unique email DLP solution and an
innovative email BYOD solution to meet your company’s data protection
and compliance needs. ZixCorp is trusted by the nation’s most
influential institutions in healthcare, finance and government for easy
to use secure email solutions. ZixCorp is publicly traded on the Nasdaq
Global Market under the symbol ZIXI, and its headquarters are in Dallas,
Texas. For more information, visit www.zixcorp.com.
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