Bangkok--3 Dec--Spark Communications
Parkpoom Joins Leading Network Security Vendor to Solidify Market Presence
Fortinet — the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions — today announced the appointment of Parkpoom Jaroonpatrapong as the new country manager for Thailand. His responsibilities include developing and implementing Fortinet’s strategic direction in sales, marketing and channel development. Parkpoom is also responsible for the company’s Thai sales revenue and is committed to delivering exceptional customer experience in the country.
Parkpoom has more than 18 years of technology experience in Thailand. Prior to joining Fortinet, he was the sales and marketing director for Advanced Data Network Communications (DataNet), where he played a key role in establishing and building its strong presence and spearheading new projects in the market.
“I am delighted to join Fortinet, the leading integrated security appliance vendor and well respected player in the Thai market, and look forward to providing leadership for its local team. We will continue to work hard to enhance Fortinet’s comprehensive and integrated security approach and building strong trust with our partners and end customers in Thailand. With the increasing focus on security concerns, Fortinet looks towards providing state-of-the-art technology and applications to address the market needs here in Thailand,” said Parkpoom Jaroonpatrapong, Country manager for Thailand.
In addition, Benjamin Teh, Fortinet’s Sales Director for South Asia said, “We are pleased to have Parkpoom onboard to lead the business in Thailand. With his strong experience and excellent track record in the technology industry, I am confident that he will retain and harness an even stronger presence for Fortinet in the country. His vision and management know-how will also ensure that we continue to grow as a world-class leading network security vendor.”
About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated unified threat management, or UTM, security systems, which are used by enterprises and service providers to increase their security while reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection--including firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and antispam -- designed to help customers protect against network and content level threats.
Leveraging a custom ASIC and unified interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security functionality that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions with integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards around the world and are the only security products that are certified in six programs by ICSA Labs: Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, Network IPS, and Antispam. Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.
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