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PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 03/05/14 -- Accellion, Inc., the pioneer in providing secure enterprise solutions that improve mobile productivity, today announced that Patrick Conte has joined the company as senior vice president and general manager of worldwide field operations. In this role he will lead the strategic direction and activities of the global sales force, as Accellion expands its worldwide presence.

"Patrick brings extensive experience in leading technology sales teams, which will support Accellion's rapid growth rate that is being fueled by industry demand for easy-to-use, secure, enterprise solutions," said Yorgen Edholm, CEO of Accellion. "Business leaders around the globe are looking for mobile solutions that will enable their employees to work wherever, without fear of additional data security risks. The addition of Patrick to our team ensures that our newest mobile solution, kiteworks by Accellion, is getting into the hands of these leaders."

With more than 25 years of success in launching and growing new technologies, Conte has consistently demonstrated strong go-to-market execution by leading field teams and maximizing relationships with channel resellers and strategic partners. Prior to joining Accellion, he served as EVP & GM at Scale Computing, the maker of industry leading hyperconverged systems, and as SVP & GM of field operations at Azul Systems, a developer of optimized Java platforms for large enterprises. Earlier in his career, Conte was the VP of sales and marketing at Cobalt Networks, and a key member of the executive team that led Cobalt's IPO in 1999. Additionally, Conte ran field operations for Topspin Communications, a leader in high performance computing, which was acquired by Cisco in 2005. He earned a BS in Political Science and History from James Madison University, and an MS in International Relations from Northern Illinois University.

"I'm excited for the chance to bring a revolutionary product like kiteworks to enterprise customers, and provide them with a mobile-first productivity solution that also has the unique architecture and security features required to keep their business data compliant," said Conte. "Accellion is on a great trajectory, and I'm looking forward to working with the great team here. We have an opportunity to utilize all the energy that is building around our industry, to expand the reach of kiteworks to customers around the world."

About Accellion
Accellion, Inc. is an award-winning private company that provides mobile solutions to enterprise organizations that enable increased business productivity while ensuring security and compliance. As the leading provider of private cloud solutions for secure file sharing, Accellion offers enterprise organizations the scalability, flexibility, control and security to enable a mobile workforce with the tools they need to create, access and share information securely, wherever work takes them. More than 12 million users and 2,000 of the world's leading corporations and government agencies including Procter & Gamble; Indiana University Health; Kaiser Permanente; Lovells; Bridgestone; Harvard University; Guinness World Records; US Securities and Exchange Commission; and NASA use Accellion solutions to increase business productivity, protect intellectual property, ensure compliance and reduce IT costs. For more information please visit www.accellion.com or call (650) 485-4300. Follow Accellion's Blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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