Firstwave Technology recruits Apple’s Sales Director to build enterprise customer growth

Firstwave Technology, a leading Australian cloud security company, has recruited Apple’s former Enterprise and Government Sales Director, Andrew Chamberlain, to help develop customer growth in the cloud security markets.

Since 2007, Firstwave Technology has been providing cloud security gateway solutions in partnership with Telstra to their Enterprise and Government customers. Firstwave builds robust security intelligence technologies to protect and offer meaningful security insights to Telstra’s customers.

“The most exciting IT companies in market at the moment are those developing cloud solutions. For a small Australian cloud tech company, Firstwave is on a tremendous growth curve,” remarked Andrew, who has been instrumental in developing sales growth within the business markets for numerous IT companies. “I am really looking forward to helping Firstwave build on their proven success”.

As part of the rapid demand for cloud based security solutions, Firstwave Technology is beefing up its business sales teams to ensure they can win opportunities both here and internationally.

“Andrew will be a tremendous asset to the future growth of Firstwave in the critical enterprise and government markets. He brings extensive experience from one of the most successful tech companies of our time”, said Steve O’Brien, Managing Director, Firstwave Technology.

About Firstwave Cloud Technology

Firstwave operates a technology business in the burgeoning cloud based IT managed security services market, having created an intelligent carrier grade cloud security platform for business. First Wave has delivered Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions since 2004 in a form similar to what we call “cloud” today and has a long standing relationship with Telstra. Over 300 customers already trust First Wave including the largest Australian financial institutions, state and federal government, utilities, ASX listed and private companies in the mining and retail sectors.

About Andrew Chamberlain

Andrew Chamberlain brings more than 20 years’ experience in the IT industry. Most recently Andrew was Director of Enterprise and Government Sales at Apple where he was responsible for all sales to Enterprise and Government customers throughout Australia and New Zealand. Over Andrew’s 13 years at Apple, the company forged ongoing relationships with Telstra, Optus and IBM and with many other organisations throughout the region. Prior to Apple, Andrew held senior sales positions at Gateway and Lexmark after commencing his career in IT at Imagineering Ltd in the early 90s.