Mike LaPeters VP WW Sales, Virtual Bridges

Virtual Bridges, Inc. announced the appointment of Mike LaPeters as VP of WW 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 VP of worldwide sales for VeloBit, an SSD caching and VDI storage optimization provider. Prior to VeloBit, he was VP 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 VP of channels and drove $75M in annual recovery management revenue through a channel of 3,300 VARs. He also served as VP of WW sales and services for Core Security and VP of WW 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, 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 trilled 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 VP of corporate development and strategic alliances, Jack Angelo as VP of WW services, and Todd Middlebrook as VP of product management.