Eric Krauss VP Sales for Americas, Altaro

Altaro Software, in virtualization backup solutions for Hyper-V and VMware, has named Eric Krauss as VP sales for the Americas.

He will be responsible for executing sales strategy, focusing on accelerating its growth in the Americas and developing strategic channel partnerships.

“With a significant portion of our 30,000 customers from the Americas, we felt that the time was right to invest in our US operations by appointing a seasoned sales professional with a proven track record of commercial success,” commented co-founder and VP of WW sales and marketing Stephen Chetcuti Bonavita.

Krauss joins Altaro Software from Imation Corp, where in 2012 he was appointed director of channel sales and business development for the mobile security group, with responsibility for defining their go-to-market channel strategy for the Americas, as well as setting up strategic partnerships with Microsoft Corp. and IBM Global Services. Prior to Imation, he joined BlockMaster Security in 2009 as VP sales and business development to run the Americas and APAC regions, executing multiple strategic partnerships resulting in a subsequent technology acquisition.

In addition, he has held senior sales management, channel and business development positions at several successful start-up and public companies including SanDisk, SecureWave, WatchGuard Technologies and Standard Microsystems Corp.

He brings more than 25 years of channel and business development experience providing programs, strategy, enablement and operations to technology companies.

“The Americas is an important and growing market, and I’m thrilled to be joining Altaro at such an opportune time for the company. I look forward to developing new relationships with partners across the region, as we expand and invest in this market,” said Krauss.
 
“Altaro’s ability to bring state-of-the-art backup technology for Hyper-V and VMware virtualized environments that are both affordable and easy to use sets them apart. If you are a department or organization with 1,000 users or less and struggling with your backup strategy, then you definitely need to talk to Altaro,” he added.