Katya Ivanova Chief Sales Officer, Acronis

Acronis International GmbH promoted Katya Ivanova as chief sales officer to lead sales organization globally.

She is a multi-national sales leader with experience in APAC, Europe and the Middle East, North America, and LATAM markets. Most recently, she managed over 300 professionals as VP WW inside sales, Acronis.

Team leadership, sales expertise, and partner relations, she will expand firms’ global sales while increasing awareness of the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Platform. She joined Acronis as support engineer in August 2011. She first led a support sales project during her role as senior manager in global support vendor management and generated more than 70% growth in revenue (in the first year) after which switching over to senior inside sales and renewals before assuming her prior position of VP WW inside sales in February 2019.

She will expand upon her documented history of driving double digit sales growth WW.

“Katya has demonstrated drive and ambition throughout her Acronis career which has seen her quickly rising through the ranks to one of the highest sales positions in the company. I have no doubt this recent promotion will allow her to continue to build upon her successful corporate journey,” said Patrick Pulvermueller, CEOs.

MSPs continue to struggle with increasingly complex security systems involving multiple technologies. According to the 2022 Acronis Cyber Protection Week Global Report, 78% of global organizations use as many as 10 different solutions for data protection and security, yet 76% of them experience downtime and data loss. Cyber Protect Cloud offers an integrated, single architecture that simplifies the process without sacrificing security. Ivanova will use her industry experience and sales excellence to amplify the reach of her company’s cyber protection solutions which are trusted by over 20,000 global service providers, protecting over 750,000 businesses, and preventing over 100 million attacks.

“I am excited and motivated to expand upon our current success to protect our loyal customer base from the rise in cyber-attacks. I intend to help the team deliver the best possible experience, thereby strengthening the cooperation with our customers and partners,” she said. “Cyberattacks continue to increase worldwide, so it is more important than ever for security leaders to effectively and efficiently protect their businesses.”