Keyfactor, the IoT identity platform for modern businesses, announced the hiring of Michael de Paris as Vice President of EMEA Channels and included Joe Tong on the CRN 2023 Channel Chief List.
The objective of the Keyfactor Partner Program, which was launched in February 2020, was to assist partners in bringing Keyfactor's premier PKI and machine identity management solutions to modern organizations. With its expanding footprint in EMEA, the recruitment of de Paris is a strategic step to guarantee companies worldwide have access to best-in-class solutions as cyberattacks that exploit machine identities continue to escalate.
In his new position, de Paris will engage with the global sales team to create the EMEA channel strategy, including partner growth and development. Before joining Keyfactor, de Paris served as vice president of strategic alliances at Yext, where he assisted in the company's debut on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace. de Paris has guided software firms through hypergrowth throughout his career, developing genuine collaborations via channel initiatives.
Senior Vice President of Global Channel at Keyfactor, Joe Tong, was also chosen to the CRN's 2023 Channel Chief List. Tong has played a crucial role in the evolution of the channel program by helping Keyfactor partners manage and mitigate risks connected with the growth of machine identities more effectively. Under Tong's leadership, the channel team has seen significant development, tripling in size from the previous year and positioning the program to build partner and customer awareness for Keyfactor's solutions through 2023 and beyond.
About Keyfactor
Keyfactor is the industry leader in identity-first security for humans and machines. Its more than 1,000 global clients are constructing a hyper-connected society in which a unique and trusted identity secures every device, activity, and digital transaction. Public key infrastructure (PKI) and machine identity management become simple, automatic, and safe with Keyfactor, enabling every team, from security and infrastructure teams to developers and product leaders, to move quickly without sacrificing security. In addition, Keyfactor and PrimeKey announced a market-altering merger in 2021, combining the most extensively used and trusted PKI solution in the world (PrimeKey EJBCA) with Keyfactor's end-to-end machine identity management platform.