WatchGuard appoints new Chief Executive Officer
Beyon Cyber and Bahrain Polytechnic sign MoU to support the development of national cybersecurity expertise
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WatchGuard appoints new Chief Executive Officer
W atchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, has announced the appointment of Joe Smolarski as Chief Executive Officer.
Smolarski brings more than 25 years of leadership experience across technology, operations and strategy. Known as a results-driven, partner-centric operator, he has led global organisations through periods of transformation, scale and integration.
Most recently, he helped drive a tenfold revenue increase and multibillion-dollar valuation growth for Kaseya by uniting teams, technologies and partners around a single, customer-first platform vision.
Smolarski’ s track record of simplifying complex challenges and building effective platforms makes him well placed to drive WatchGuard’ s next stage of innovation and strengthen its partnerships.
“ WatchGuard has an incredible foundation, a world-class technology platform, an MSP-first business model and a reputation for trust and performance that stands out in the market,” said Joe Smolarski, CEO, WatchGuard Technologies.
Joe Smolarski
“ Cybersecurity has become central to every MSP’ s growth strategy, and WatchGuard is perfectly positioned to lead that evolution. I’ m excited to build on the company’ s strong trajectory and make WatchGuard the cybersecurity vendor synonymous with the MSP community.”
Beyon Cyber and Bahrain Polytechnic sign MoU to support the development of national cybersecurity expertise
eyon Cyber, part of the Beyon Group, has signed a MoU with Bahrain Polytechnic to collaborate on advancing AI
B research and supporting the development of national cybersecurity expertise.
The partnership underscores a shared commitment to strengthening Bahrain’ s position as a regional leader in AI-driven security operations and to nurturing the next generation of Bahraini talent in emerging technologies.
Bahrain Polytechnic is introducing new postgraduate research programmes at both Master’ s and Doctoral levels, focused on Cybersecurity and AI. The collaboration will also enable the exploration of patentable innovations, reinforcing Bahrain’ s standing as a regional hub for AI and cybersecurity research while expanding pathways for local job creation and talent development.
Prof. Ciarán Ó Catháin, CEO of Bahrain Polytechnic, said:“ This collaboration aligns with Bahrain Polytechnic’ s mission to bridge the gap between academia and industry.
“ It comes at a pivotal time as we introduce our first doctoral( PhD) research programmes, which focus on cybersecurity and AI, two areas essential to Bahrain’ s Digital Transformation and future economy.
Beyon Cyber has signed a MoU with Bahrain Polytechnic
“ Through partnerships like this, our researchers will not only generate new knowledge but also develop real-world, industry-led innovations that address national and global challenges. We commend Beyon Cyber’ s leadership in pioneering this digital collaboration and welcome other industries to follow their example in driving research partnerships that strengthen Bahrain’ s innovation ecosystem and digital leadership.”
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