Kerio appoints Richard Gooding as Vice President of Marketing
San Jose, Calif., October 21, 2015 – Today Kerio Technologies announced the promotion of Richard Gooding to Vice President, Marketing. Gooding will lead Kerio’s global marketing activities including corporate marketing, demand generation, partner marketing and marketing operations.
Kerio has been delivering technology solutions to small and mid-sized (SMB) customers worldwide for 18 years. At the start of 2015, the company announced a reorganization forming a Kerio division to focus on email, voice, and security solutions, and a Samepage division to focus on the team collaboration market.
“Building on our deep experience delivering Cloud, on-premise and hybrid solutions for SMBs, Kerio is poised to take advantage of the market for smarter, unified communication and next generation security solutions,” said Mirek Kren, CEO of Kerio Technologies. “Richard brings extensive strategic and go to market experience to the management team, and has already been instrumental in re-energizing Kerio’s marketing activities.”
Prior to the appointment, Gooding was responsible for leading global demand generation and marketing operations for Kerio. He has over 20 years’ experience in tech businesses, including management roles in marketing, product and professional services.
"Kerio is an amazing company, focused on harnessing the right technology for the benefit of our SMB customers," said Gooding. "With great products and an exciting roadmap, I am thrilled to be part of the team which I believe will grow our business to the next level."