TONY REED JOINS CHECK POINT SOFTWARE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNICAL SERVICES
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Enterprise Security and Traffic Management
Leader To Offer Best-of-Class Customer Support, Consulting
and Training Programs
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF., – November 10, 1997 –Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKPF) today announced that Tony Reed has joined the company as vice president of technical services. Formerly director of professional services at McAfee Associates, Reed brings a wealth of experience in setting up industry-leading customer support programs, consulting services and training curriculums. "We are pleased to have a well-known expert like Tony join our organization, and he will demonstrate our commitment to provide the highest quality service to match the unsurpassed quality of our products," said Dr. Deborah Triant, president and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. "Products and service together deliver a full solution for customers, satisfying even the most demanding customers, and we believe with Tony, we now have the right people to deliver that solution." "Check Point is a company that is brimming with success, and now is exactly the right time to provide service innovations that not only service customers, but will actually add to our product's value within their organizations," added Reed. "The need for both security and traffic management is growing by leaps and bounds, and instant availability is becoming a critical differentiator that we believe is more important than ever to our customers. We are planning to grow both our programs and personnel to provide that level of value-add our customers want and need in today's critical computing environments." Most recently with McAfee, Reed spent four years with the anti-virus and networking vendor, starting up and growing the Professional Services department into three divisions, including the McAfee University. He implemented an entire range of new services and managed the service side through several acquisitions to effectively position McAfee as a leading customer service company in the industry. He also supervised large security, client/server network management and help desk projects while managing North America, Europe and Pacific Rim divisions, bringing the knowledge of worldwide support to Check Point's global operations. Prior to McAfee, Reed served as CIO at Poly-America, a plastic sheeting manufacturer, for eight years where his responsibilities included plant automation systems and implementing a large multi-site network. About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is a leading provider of policy-based enterprise security and traffic management solutions. Through its patented Stateful Inspection technology, the company is uniquely positioned to deliver Secure Enterprise Connectivity solutions that protect information assets and enhance the performance of enterprise networks. Check Point offerings include the world's leading enterprise security suite, Check PointTM FireWall-1, and the industry's premier policy-based bandwidth management solution, Check Point FloodGate-1™. The company has U.S. headquarters in Redwood City, California and international headquarters in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For product information, please see us on the World Wide Web at http://www.checkpoint.com ### 1997 Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point and the Check Point logo are trademarks of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. All other product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. |