Anonymizer Enhances Management Team and Moves Corporate Headquarters to Manage Continued, Rapid Growth
Adds New Vice President of Enterprise Sales and Director of Corporate Marketing
San Diego, CA August 9, 2004
Anonymizer, the first and leading provider of Internet privacy solutions, today announced the appointment of John Roshala as Vice President of Sales and Lee Mills as Director of Marketing.
Roshala will lead enterprise sales and strategy for Anonymizer, identifying new customers and markets and developing existing relationships with corporate and government agency partners. Mills will be responsible for overall marketing functions, including product marketing, corporate communications, industry and field marketing.
As part of the company expansion, Anonymizer is relocating its corporate headquarters to a larger facility in the San Diego Tech Center effective August 1, 2005. The move will enable the company to continue its rapid growth, expanding partnerships, and to better reach San Diego’s high-tech workforce.
“Building our management team with seasoned, proven experts in enterprise sales and marketing was a critical milestone for Anonymizer as we expand our solutions,” said Bill Unrue, CEO of Anonymizer. “Both John and Lee have proven track records in building successful businesses. Their addition to Anonymizer’s executive team will have a profound impact on the company’s ability to rapidly scale.”
Roshala has more than 15 years of executive-level technology experience. He previously served as vice president and general manager of Allegiance Telecom Inc. where he grew annual revenues from zero to over $25 million. Prior to Allegiance, he was regional sales manager for Teligent Inc., a wireless telecommunications company. Roshala has also held senior sales and management positions at MCI, MFS Communications, and PageNet Inc.
“Anonymizer is the recognized leader in consumer privacy solutions and I am looking forward to driving the same strong results for the enterprise division,” said Roshala. “Our technological innovations are unsurpassed and address serious problems that exist today in intelligence-gathering for enterprises and government entities. Roshala graduated with a B.S. degree in Marketing Management from California Polytechnic University of Ponoma and received a global leadership certificate at Thunderbird graduate school of International Management.
Mills is a recognized marketing expert with over 12 years’ experience, with the last nine focused on Internet-based companies. He held director roles at SkyDesk and SiteLab International, and as an independent consultant, drove successful strategies for Olympus, proFlowers.com, Intuit, Earthlink, St. Bernard Software, Anonymizer and many other business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies. Mills currently also serves as the president of the iMarketers Association, and has had case studies published in BtoB Magazine. He speaks at industry conferences, and was named a 2005 Rising Media Star by Media Magazine.
“I am extremely excited to join the Anonymizer team,” said Mills. “Most of all, I’m looking forward to developing and implementing marketing strategies that will teach the world about the importance of Internet privacy, continue to grow our expansive consumer base, and support our emerging enterprise business.” Mills holds a B.A. in Advertising from the Art Institute of California.
About Anonymizer, Inc.
Anonymizer is the leading provider of Internet privacy and security solutions for consumers, corporations, organizations and government agencies. The company provides safe and secure Web experiences to over two million global Internet users. Its Web site is home to the world’s most popular Internet privacy service, Anonymous Surfing, which defends users from the most prevalent Internet privacy and security threats, from online tracking to malicious code, identity theft and e-mail spammers. Anonymizer identity protection solutions have been used to protect over four billion Web pages since the company’s inception in 1995. Anonymizer is privately held and headquartered in San Diego, California. (http://www.anonymizer.com)
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