Commtouch Names Pete Shah as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH), a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for security companies and service providers, today named Pete Shah as senior vice president of worldwide sales.

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With more than 20 years of experience in international sales management, Shah offers a proven track record in the enterprise software industry. He most recently served as senior vice president at InfoVista and previously served as vice president of worldwide sales at Telarix. He also held various sales positions at Portal Software/Oracle, Lawson Software and ADP. 

"As Commtouch continues to expand its go-to-market strategy and enter the security-as-a-service market, Pete's broad sales leadership experience will undoubtedly serve as a significant asset to the executive team and global sales force," said Shlomi Yanai, CEO at Commtouch. "Specifically, Pete's extensive experience with service providers will assist Commtouch in gaining additional strategic partners and customers."

"I am very excited to join the Commtouch team," Shah said. "There is a huge opportunity for the company to grow its customer base and market share.  When you combine that with Commtouch's impressive roadmap of upcoming security solutions, I was eager to accept the position and be a part of this opportunity to greatly expand Commtouch's presence. Commtouch is a solid example of a company that knows how to harness its unique technologies and talents and create truly innovative white-label SaaS security solutions that will appeal to a massive global market."

Shah holds a bachelor's degree in international marketing from Penn State University.

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Commtouch® (NASDAQ: CTCH) safeguards the world's leading security companies and service providers with cloud-based Internet security services. Real-time threat intelligence from Commtouch's GlobalView™ Cloud powers its Web filtering, email security and antivirus solutions, protecting thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Visit www.commtouch.com

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