Sophos appoints new chief revenue officer & VP of sales

Sophos has announced the appointment of Torjus Gylstorff as Chief Revenue Officer and Jon Bove as Senior Vice President of Americas Sales.

Gylstorff, bringing over 25 years of experience in sales, channels, and business development in the technology and cybersecurity sectors, will drive revenue growth and oversee Sophos' global sales organisation. His role includes expanding the company's presence beyond its existing customer base of more than 600,000 organisations worldwide, primarily in the small and mid-sized business market.

"Sophos is already a leading provider of security services and technologies for the midmarket and smaller organisations that need help defeating cyberattacks, due to resource constraints such as skills gaps, limited budgets and other issues that cause them to be under protected. Our vision at Sophos is a world where organisations of any size and means have a clear path to superior cybersecurity outcomes, and the work we do every day aims to close the cybersecurity divide and protect more organisations in the most at-risk segments of the market. The best and most efficient way to do this is by scaling with channel partners and MSPs," said Joe Levy, CEO of Sophos. "With Torjus and Jon, both of whom have decades of experience in leading channel sales, managing sales operations and developing relationships with customers, we can scale faster and in a way that accelerates growth for partners, MSPs and Sophos. I'm excited to have Torjus and Jon on board to help drive the next phase of Sophos' go to market evolution."

Before joining Sophos, Gylstorff was the Worldwide Sales Leader for Thales' Application and Data Security Business. His career also includes leading roles at Symantec, Blue Coat Systems, Norman Shark, IBM, and Lotus Software.

In his new role, Jon Bove will collaborate closely with Sophos' partner network across North America and Latin America. Bove will oversee the expansion and growth of new partners and Managed Service Providers (MSPs), aiming to enhance the sales of Sophos security solutions integrated with the Sophos Central management platform. This platform assists partners and MSPs in strengthening customer defences and operations.

Bove joins Sophos with over 20 years of sales experience, including 15 years in cybersecurity and channel sales. His previous position was Vice President of Sales for U.S. Enterprise at Fortinet, where he contributed to significant revenue growth through channel sales. He also held sales and leadership roles at Proofpoint.

Sophos' enhancements to its executive team underscore its commitment to advancing the adoption of its cybersecurity services and products, such as Managed Detection and Response services, as well as endpoint, network, email, and cloud security solutions.