After Growing Kerio's Presence in Russia and Poland, Kaiser will Expand his Focus to the Entire Central European Region

Prague, Czech Republic - January 10, 2011 - Kerio Technologies is pleased to announce that Martin Kaiser has been promoted to director of marketing for the Central European region. Kaiser, based in Prague, is responsible for management of Kerio's regional product and field marketing activities aimed at prospective and active channel partners (IT Solution Providers) and end customers. Kaiser will lead a regional team of four, and spearhead product marketing, partner lead generation, public relations, and management of Kerio's distribution partners.

Prior to this new role, Kaiser was Kerio's marketing manager for Russia and Poland while playing a supporting role in the Czech Republic. Under his direction, Kerio signed a partnership with Connect Distribution z.o.o., a specialized distributor of IT solutions in Poland, that furthered Kerio's reach into the Polish SME market. Kaiser also expanded Kerio's presence in Russia by adding a local marketing manager to the Moscow office.

Additionally, Kaiser led the successful global launch of Kerio Operator 1.1, the company's award-winning IP PBX (voice) system. Kerio Operator led the company into a new market and Kaiser helped develop and distribute messaging to inform the IT channel about the changing nature of the telephony market. With that in mind, Kerio entered the market with the mission of helping our partners grow their businesses, and to bring simplicity, security and functionality to the SME voice space.

"We are pleased to promote Martin to further take advantage of his marketing acumen. Not only is he valuable in the CEE region, but he is a respected leader within the global Kerio marketing team," said Dusan Vitek, vice president of worldwide marketing. "Martin's direction to the marketing, sales, and development teams was instrumental in Kerio's successful entry into the IP PBX space."

Before joining Kerio, Kaiser spent eight years in marketing, sales and product management positions a Fujitsu Siemens. He is fluent in four languages, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and marketing from City University of Seattle.