Symantec Appoints Adrian Jones as Senior Vice President, APJ
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - 20 June, 2014 – Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the appointment of Adrian Jones as
Senior Vice President for its Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region. Jones will be responsible for growing the company’s
presence and market position across the region, in addition to leading business operations and business development.
Jones has held senior leadership roles with technology companies across multiple geographies. Most recently he was the
General Manager and Senior Vice President of Oracle Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Oracle he was Senior Vice President
of Enterprise Servers, Storage, and Networking responsible for driving global customer relationships and channel
partnerships at Hewlett Packard (HP) in Asia Pacific and Japan. He also held the position of Vice President and General
Manager of HP's Americas Solution Partners managing all channel partnerships throughout Canada.
“We believe that Adrian’s drive to grow our business, his experience running global field organisations, and track
record of managing a $2B multi-product business across Asia Pacific and Japan, is a real asset to our business,” said
Mike Brown, Symantec interim president and chief executive officer.
“The need for protecting and managing information has never been more important. Symantec’s tremendous assets and scale
position it uniquely to capture an increasing share of this market,” said Adrian Jones, senior vice president for Asia
Pacific and Japan, Symantec. “I am looking forward to leading the team, accelerating the company’s growth, and
solidifying Symantec’s position as a market leader in Asia Pacific and Japan.”
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