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Prevalent Names Matthew Hicks as Chief Strategy Officer [Manufacturing Close - Up](Manufacturing Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Prevalent reported that Matthew Hicks has been hired as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). In its release, the Company said that in this role, Hicks will work closely with the company's co-founders to accelerate Prevalent's corporate development efforts by capitalizing on the recent four million dollar equity investment made by Fulcrum Equity Partners and uncovering new business opportunities and strategic alliances. "We are delighted that Matt has joined the Prevalent team," says Jonathan Dambrot, CEO and Co-Founder of Prevalent. "His proven expertise in financial management, business development and strategic alliances will be instrumental in taking our company to the next level. Furthermore, his background in information security will help us to ensure that our value proposition is being clearly communicated, and that we are meeting our business goals and objectives." Prior to joining Prevalent, Hicks served in a number of high- profile roles including the Executive in Residence for Grandbanks Capital where he originated and evaluated venture stage investments in cyber security, cloud and big data companies, as well as the head of corporate development, M&A and strategic investments at RSA Security, the Security Division of EMC. "Prevalent has a unique solution that addresses one of the most pressing security issues today and putting businesses of all sizes and verticals and their customers at risk," says Hicks. "It's an exciting opportunity to lead the strategy and corporate business development of such an innovative and forward-looking company." Prevalent noted that earlier in his career, Hicks was a Co- founder, President and COO at several early stage technology companies including Arigo. He was also a venture investor at Redleaf Ventures and led numerous venture capital investments in the Technology Group at GE Equity, the private equity arm of General Electric. Prevalent is a vendor risk and cyber threat intelligence group. More information: www.prevalent.net ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |