REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 11, 2013) - Qualys, Inc. (
Johnson is a recognized industry leader with a proven track record for building and leading high-performing global sales operations. During her tenure at RSA for the past 13 years, Johnson held multiple leadership roles, most recently serving as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Identity Protection and Verification and Global Accounts. She comes to Qualys with a strong infrastructure, storage and security background, and is a frequent speaker on the topics of information security, healthcare security, mobile security, privacy and compliance. Johnson holds a bachelors degree in communication and political science from Weber State University.
"Qualys has built an impressive security and compliance cloud platform and gained a solid reputation for its ability to closely partner with customers, managed security service providers, outsourcers and security consulting firms to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions," said Johnson. "This is an exciting time to join the company when the industry as a whole is moving towards cloud computing solutions and security is a top priority at the executive board level, and Qualys is uniquely positioned to capitalize on that."
"Ann is one of the few executives in our industry who understands the impact that cloud computing technologies is bringing to the IT security industry, and she also has proven experience for growing global operations," said Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO for Qualys. "We are pleased to have Ann join us as our new President and COO to help us further drive global expansion."
Johnson assumes her responsibilities as President and COO of Qualys starting November 25, 2013.
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