Blue Coat names Kurt Mills as VP channel sales and operations

Enterprise security vendor Blue Coat Systems has appointed Kurt Mills as vice president, worldwide channel sales and operations and Steve Tchejeyan as senior vice president for Americas, Sales and Field Operations.

Earlier, Blue Coat Systems appointed Michael Fey as president and COO.

These new executives are part of the company’s efforts to drive revenue growth in the secure web gateway segment to adjacent security markets.

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Mills is re-joining Blue Coat from Aerohive Networks to focus on expanding channel relationships. At Aerohive Networks, as vice president of channel sales, Mills developed channel program structure, teams, systems and channel routes to market.

Steve Tchejeyan will focus on the markets and customer segments and manage Blue Coat’s North American and Latin America geo sales and field operation teams. Prior to joining Blue Coat, Tchejeyan was with McAfee, where he was responsible for the general management of a more than billion dollar business.

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