IGEL, a world leader in software-defined endpoint optimisation and control solutions for the secure enterprise, today announced the addition of Steve Bell as Vice President, Global OEM Sales. Bell, a seasoned sales leader, joins IGEL to drive further engagement with leading hardware device vendors as they continue the rapid adoption of the IGEL OS for highly manageable, secure and high-performance endpoint computing. 

"Steve is a visionary sales expert with deep connections throughout the end user computing (EUC) and endpoint device industry," said Simon Townsend, IGEL Chief Marketing Officer for EMEA. "With his experience, IGEL is poised to capitalize on the increasing interest we're seeing from large hardware and device players that want to embrace the value of our software-defined IGEL OS for endpoint computing that delivers unprecedented security, manageability and control. His expertise, sales vision and execution strategies will be a valuable addition to our sales leadership team."

Most recently Vice President of Global Sales for Agari, a leading cybersecurity company, Bell brings decades of sales leadership expertise and vision to IGEL. Prior to Agari, Bell held executive sales positions with AppSense, Kyriba Corporation, Fiberlink and CompuServe. Through his years of sales experience, Bell has refined the sales strategies and practices that expand sales opportunities to drive results. Bell holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York College at Brockport.

"IGEL is taking the EUC market by storm with the most innovative and compelling software-defined endpoint computing technology on the market," said Bell. "I am eager to expand the reach of the IGEL OS to leading hardware and endpoint device vendors and plan to seize the tremendous market opportunity ahead for IGEL as the leading player in the fast-growing endpoint Linux operating system (OS) market. I truly believe IGEL is in the right place, at the right time, for exponential market share growth and expansion and I'm thrilled to be a part of their future success."

Bell joins IGEL effective immediately.