{"id":2181,"date":"2020-04-08T13:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T09:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2025-04-18T00:01:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:01:34","slug":"secureworks-appoints-baghdadi-as-regional-sales-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/secureworks-appoints-baghdadi-as-regional-sales-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Secureworks appoints Baghdadi as Regional Sales Director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Secureworks has appointed Nader Baghdadi as\nits new Middle East Regional Sales Director<\/a>,\nfocusing on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) markets.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baghdadi joins Secureworks from network\nsecurity specialist Fortinet, where he served as Senior Regional Sales Director\nand was instrumental in delivering the organization\u2019s regional year-on-year growth\naspirations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appointment comes at an exciting time for Secureworks, with organizations in the region increasingly demanding flexible and robust cybersecurity solutions. Customers are looking to embrace digital transformation and tap into the benefits of innovations such as cloud computing, AI<\/a>, Big Data, and edge computing. Security is paramount to supporting this development and organisations are looking for agile solutions which will support the ability to scale and simplify. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I\u2019m thrilled to join Secureworks at such\nan important time in the region\u2019s development. Organizations across all industries\nare looking to tap into the full benefits of digital transformation while\nenhancing IT security and protecting critical assets. Being able to support\ncustomers on this journey and solve complex security challenges around cloud\nand IT architectures is critical to business success,\u201d Nader Baghdadi said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baghdadi will lead the growth and\ndevelopment of Secureworks in the GCC and Middle East, with a focus on\nverticals including government, finance, education and energy. Baghdadi has 27\nyears\u2019 experience in the Middle East\u2019s security and IT industries. At Fortinet,\nBaghdadi was responsible for meeting the company\u2019s year-on-year growth targets,\nnew customer acquisition, and competitive displacement across markets including\nthe UAE, Oman, Pakistan and Afghanistan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to this, Baghdadi was Regional\nDirector, MENA at Ruckus, where he established the company as the primary\ntechnology vendor for regional hospitality chains. Baghdadi has also held\nsenior management roles at Motorola Solutions, Cisco and Netscreen Technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Baghdadi joins Secureworks from network security specialist Fortinet, where he served as Senior Regional Sales Director and was instrumental in delivering the organization\u2019s regional year-on-year growth aspirations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,150,25,154,1595,9621],"tags":[71,631,1061,518,641,923,754,1036],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","category-big-data","category-c-suite-watch","category-cloud-computing","category-cybersecurity","category-emerging-technologies","tag-ai","tag-artificial_intelligence","tag-cloud_computing","tag-cyber_security","tag-gcc","tag-midd","tag-sales_director","tag-secureworks"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/nader-baghdadi_Secureworks-techxmedia-2.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Rabab","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t