October, 16 2007
DeepNines Bolsters Their Commitment to Growth with the Addition of Marcella Mazzucca as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing
Addition of industry-leading marketing executive is next step for DeepNines’ expansion in the education market and beyond
DALLAS, TEXAS - DeepNines Technologies, a leader in network security systems, today announced the addition of Marcella Mazzucca to the DeepNines executive management team as vice president of worldwide marketing. Mrs. Mazzucca brings over 15 years of IT security experience to her position at DeepNines.
“We searched long and hard for an experienced marketing executive with a results-driven approach that understands the complexities of the IT security industry,” said Dan Jackson, president and COO. “With her knowledge of this space and talent for driving growth in key markets, Marcella will add tremendous value to the DeepNines executive team.”
At DeepNines, Mrs. Mazzucca will be responsible for the overall marketing strategy, including corporate branding, lead generation programs, product management, public relations, market intelligence and channel marketing. She also holds a critical role in determining DeepNines’ strategic direction and identifying business opportunities.
“I have watched DeepNines penetrate the market over the past few years, and was thrilled at the opportunity to become part of this cutting-edge team,” said Mazzucca. “DeepNines’ focus on delivering innovative solutions to solve the complex problems experienced by IT security professionals today is exciting, and I look forward to delivering the marketing strategy that cements their brand within the security space.”
Mrs. Mazzucca joins DeepNines from Surf Control, where she served as the vice president of worldwide marketing. While at Surf Control, she founded a unified global marketing organization and was responsible for implementing a global marketing strategy including demand generation and brand awareness campaigns. Prior to Surf Control, Mrs. Mazzucca was at Microsoft where she served as director of marketing within the Enterprise Access and Security Division. At Microsoft, she played an instrumental role in spearheading their global child safety work and its alignment to the company’s Trust Worthy Computing Initiative which was launched by Bill Gates in 2003. In this most rewarding segment of her career, Mrs. Mazzucca participated in the company’s Get Net Safe Tour, a National road show together with i-Safe and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children promoting online safety for students, teachers and parents. Mrs. Mazzucca joined Microsoft form Sybari, where she was vice president of global marketing and media relations, restructuring sales and marketing integration and operations to lower cost of lead qualification and increase sales productivity. Prior to Sybari, she founded her own full-service marketing communications agency, and held leadership positions at SuperNova Software and Programmer’s Paradise.
About DeepNines
DeepNines Technologies is a premier network security solutions provider that takes a visionary approach to security, with a patented unified threat management (UTM) appliance and a network access control (NAC) solution that is both straightforward and effective. DeepNines’ scalable security platform integrates firewall, signature and behavior-based intrusion prevention and traffic management into a single solution that prevents both known and unknown attacks from entering the network. DeepNines solutions for the education market focus on providing schools with true CIPA compliance and protecting students from dangerous online content. With a full suite of security solutions, DeepNines will protect your network “deep into the nines.” To learn more about DeepNines, please visit www.deepnines.com.
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