Elephant Talk Communications Appoints Phil D'Angio, Former Symantec, VeriSign Executive, as Senior Vice President of Global Sal
February 13, 2012 11:38 ET
Elephant Talk Communications Appoints Phil D'Angio, Former Symantec, VeriSign Executive, as Senior Vice President of Global Sales for ValidSoft
D'Angio to Focus on ValidSoft's Global Security Sales and Business Development
WASHINGTON, DC and LONDON--(Marketwire - Feb 13, 2012) - Elephant Talk Communication Corp. (
Mr D'Angio has over 12 years of experience leading sales and business development teams in the internet security sector at the highest level with a strong track record of achievement. D'Angio joins Validsoft from Symantec, and will report to ValidSoft CEO Pat Carroll in order to align the overall global sales initiatives, marketing and business development strategy.
Pat Carroll, CEO of ValidSoft, said, "We are pleased to have attracted someone with Phil's expertise and background in identity security at a point where ValidSoft is experiencing strong growth and demand among global financial institutions to help them combat fraud. His international experience and understanding of both the global market and the security technology that underpins it, makes him perfectly suited to strengthen and lead our global sales strategy. The U.S. is an important strategic market for us, and we look forward to benefitting from Phil's considerable relationships among potential clients."
D'Angio joins ValidSoft from Symantec, where he ran Symantec's Information & Identity Protection group in the Americas; a growth business with significant contribution in net new revenue to Symantec's security business unit. In addition, he led the Technical Sales team and was responsible for the Information & Identity Protection (IIP) Group, which focuses on data loss prevention, authentication and encryption sales across the Americas. Prior to this, he led VeriSign EMEA's National ID and Emerging Markets campaign, and was head of the global Technical Sales organization, responsible for its PKI, strong authentication, and fraud prevention sales programs.
Mr. Phil D'Angio stated, "The pace of development of mobile-based solutions and advancing technologies such as voice biometrics make the information and identity security industry an exciting place to be, and joining the ValidSoft leadership team as SVP was an easy decision for me. ValidSoft has tremendous technology and has long been a visionary in this space. The company is now at an inflection point and has aggressive growth plans for 2012 and beyond. I look forward to working closely with the ValidSoft management team to help monetize our company's superior security solutions."
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