Tumbleweed appoints trio of regional vice presidents to sales organization

Bob Booth, Regional Vice President, Latin America & Caribbean – Mr. Booth joins Tumbleweed with more than 20 years of experience. Most recently, he served as regional director, Latin America, for Check Point Software Technologies, a security leader. In his tenure, he led significant growth in Latin American revenues, establishing distribution channels and sales teams throughout the region, with subsidiaries in Brazil and Mexico. In his new role with Tumbleweed, Mr. Booth will leverage his previous success with responsibility for overall company operations in Latin America & Caribbean.

Mr. Morini and Mr. Keane will report to Jim Cumella, vice president of the North America Sales at Tumbleweed, while Mr. Booth will report to Nick Hulse, executive vice president of Worldwide Field Operations at Tumbleweed.

“Each of these professionals brings deep expertise, proven results-driven performance and exceptional business acumen – I anticipate that their collective talents will help take our company to a whole new level,” said Hulse. “I fully expect their appointments to facilitate rapid growth in our customer, channel and partner base. Further, I am delighted by our investment in Latin America, as I believe that region of the world is ripe for Tumbleweed’s strong and differentiated products – I’ve no doubt that Bob will have immediate impact expanding our presence.”

About Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), the industry’s leading pure play messaging security vendor, provides world-class innovative messaging security solutions for organizations of all sizes. Organizations rely on Tumbleweed's solutions to securely manage their Internet communications, spanning email management to file transfers. Tumbleweed has nearly 2,700 customers worldwide, representing industries such as Finance, Healthcare, and the U.S. Government. The world’s most security conscious organizations rely upon Tumbleweed technology including Bank of America Securities, JP Morgan Chase & Co., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Our award-winning products build on fourteen years of R&D and 26 security patents in the U.S. alone – many of which are licensed by other security vendors. More information can be found at www.tumbleweed.com.