Blue Coat Systems has appointed Steve Rowland as the vice president of sales for Asia Pacific (APAC). Previously, Rowland served as vice president of sales for the Americas for three years. Gary Olson has been named vice president of sales for the Americas, replacing Rowland. In his new role, Rowland will continue to report directly to Kevin Biggs, senior vice president of worldwide sales and field operations, and will be responsible for all aspects of the company's sales strategy and execution in the region.
Prior to joining Blue Coat, Rowland served as senior vice president of sales at Workbrain Corporation, where he led a transformation of product-oriented sales culture into an enterprise, value-based sales culture and expanded the company's operations in EMEA and APAC. Before Workbrain, Rowland spent eight years at BMC Software and last held the position of vice president of sales, where he was responsible for global clients representing $320 million in revenue. Earlier in his career, he held sales and sales management positions at Carrier Corporation, a division of United Technologies Corporation. Rowland holds a B.S. in Engineering from Texas A&M University.
"I have a strong team focused on meeting customer challenges and winning in the marketplace and see tremendous promise for Blue Coat throughout Asia Pacific," said Rowland. "As companies increasingly move their business applications to the Internet, they need real-time Web security and an optimization solution that doesn't require appliances in the cloud. Blue Coat is uniquely able to deliver on both these fronts, positioning the company for success."
