Virtual Bridges, Inc. today announced the appointment of Mike LaPeters as vice president of worldwide sales, to drive the expansion of the company’s direct and channel efforts into new markets worldwide.

LaPeters brings 16 years of experience in building and leading sales organizations and channels for storage and infrastructure software products, most recently as vice president of worldwide sales for VeloBit, an SSD caching and VDI storage optimization provider. Prior to VeloBit, he was vice president of North American sales for AVG Technologies, with overall responsibility for the company’s SMB business. LaPeters joined AVG from CA Technologies, where he was vice president of channels and drove $75M in annual recovery management revenue through a channel of 3,300 VARs. He also served as vice president of worldwide sales and services for Core Security and vice president of worldwide sales for Winternals (acquired by Microsoft) and held roles at VERITAS, Seagate Software and Arcada.

“Mike brings a wealth of experience in building enterprise, mid-market and international channels,” said Sam Cece, CEO of Virtual Bridges. “His insight and expertise will be invaluable as we expand our reach into new and emerging markets to deliver on the promise of desktop-as-a-service. I’m thrilled to have him join this team, and play a key role in carrying our business strategy forward.”

LaPeters follows the recent appointments of Jon Senger as chief strategy officer, Bradley Sanford as vice president of corporate development and strategic alliances, Jack Angelo as vice president of worldwide services, and Todd Middlebrook as vice president of product management.

Virtual Bridges’ desktop-as-a-service private cloud solution improves security and mobility across organizations by enabling IT professionals to easily deploy, configure and manage the end user computing experience. As consumerization continues to skyrocket, organizations around the world are turning to Virtual Bridges to connect end users to the applications and data they need – from any location or endpoint, reducing security risks and increasing operational control.

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