Pat Dunne, former Websense UK Sales Director, joins company to accelerate channel growth

Bloxx, the innovator in Web content filtering, today announced that Pat Dunne, formerly UK Senior Sales Director at Websense, has joined the Bloxx senior management team to further develop and execute Bloxx’s UK and EMEA channel sales strategy and to spearhead a reseller recruitment campaign to propel the company’s recent strong channel sales growth.

Dunne has extensive proven experience in the IT Security industry and has held a variety of senior roles in engineering, marketing and sales. Most recently he was Senior Sales Director at Websense where he was responsible for generating over £30 million in sales. Before joining Websense, he was Northern Europe Business Unit Manager at Trend Micro and Channels Manager EMEA at NetIQ.

“I am delighted to be joining the Bloxx management team to help them to continue to grow their channel business,” said Pat Dunne. “The company has demonstrated that despite the tough economy it has been able to grow its business and take market share, and I’m looking forward to helping the company continue on this growth path.”

“We are pleased to add this depth of experience and industry knowledge to the management team at this crucial phase of the company’s growth,” said Eamonn Doyle, Chief Executive Officer at Bloxx. “With continued strong sales in Web filtering and a great response to the recently launched Media Filter, we are now looking to further expand our reseller roster in the UK and EMEA and we believe that Pat will help us to quickly develop and execute this strategy.”