Open-Xchange, has announced the appointment of Neil Cook to the position of chief security architect. Mr. Cook will be responsible for security, privacy and encryption features and implementations across all products in the OX group.
Mr Cook’s initial focus will be continuing momentum around the Trusted Email Service (TES) initiative and working with ISPs and telcos worldwide in incorporating the principles into their customer offerings. In the long-term, he will also serve to broaden the OX group with particular attention on cross-product security-enhancing features and services, including anti-abuse and anti-spam.
Over the course of his 20-year career, Mr. Cook has held a variety of executive and leadership positions with market-leading service providers to build secure, scalable messaging solutions. Prior to joining Open-Xchange, Neil was chief technology officer of Cloudmark, where he also built and led the pre-sales team in EMEA eventually expanding this role worldwide. He was also at Openwave for seven years, joining through the acquisition of Software.com.
“Simply put, Open-Xchange is leading the charge for navigating today’s online world at a time when our fundamental right to privacy is being continually eroded and challenged at a previously unimaginable scale,” said Mr. Cook. “OX’s proposition and philosophy is something completely unique to the market. With 2016 set to be a transformative year for the company, I can’t think of a more exciting time to join the leading organisation in this space and I look forward to the great strides and achievements we’ll be making together.”
“I am confident that Neil’s blend of experience and skills will serve OX well as we establish a key leadership position in the growing open-source and security markets,” said Rafael Laguna, CEO, Open-Xchange. “We’re quickly gathering momentum and Neil’s appointment is a key stepping-stone on the journey ahead of us.”