Exabeam Appoints Andrew Balestrieri as Regional Sales Manager for Southern Region Australia and New Zealand

Andrew Balestrieri, Regional Sales Manager, Southern Region Australia and New Zealand

Exabeam, a global cybersecurity leader that delivers AI-driven security operations, has today announced the appointment of Andrew Balestrieri as Regional Sales Manager for Southern Region Australia and New Zealand based in Melbourne.

Balestrieri joins Exabeam with three decades of IT and cybersecurity industry sales experience and will be responsible for account management and driving sales of Exabeam AI-powered cybersecurity solutions in Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia and New Zealand.

He was previously APJ Sales Director for Broadcom Enterprise Security Group for three years during which time he revitalised the Symantec and Carbon Black brands post-acquisition and focused on supporting new business momentum among the region’s top enterprise and public sector accounts.

Prior, Balestrieri worked at Ricoh Australia for eight years as Team Lead – IT Services driving the overall continued success of the company’s global ICT managed services business unit incorporating managed IT services, data centre services, engineering solutions, consulting and technology procurement services.

Earlier in his career, he was a Senior Business Development Manager at Macquarie Telecom in Sydney and also worked in both Ireland and the UK for over a decade in business development roles for organisations including Digital Island, LeT Systems and Hibernia Atlantic.

Gareth Cox, Vice President, APJ at Exabeam, said, “Appointing Andrew Balestrieri as Regional Sales Manager for Southern Region Australia and New Zealand further reinforces our focus on regional business organisational growth to enhance our position as a leader in empowering global security teams to combat cyberthreats, mitigate risk, and streamline security operations.

“At the same time, his appointment reflects our strategy to add specific domain experts and industry technology leaders to ensure that we are anticipating every cybersecurity advantage to help create winning customers relationships through delivering critical innovation and real, measurable outcomes.  By having Andrew on board we are well placed to capitalise on the momentum within the market to exponentially grow sales. He is a great addition to our regional team.”

Andrew Balestrieri said, “I am excited to join a fast-growing company solving visibility issues and automating security for modern businesses and to take on this new role to help further Exabeam success across the region.”

Exabeam is a global cybersecurity leader that delivers AI-driven security operations. High-integrity data ingestion, powerful analytics, and workflow automation power the industry’s most advanced self-hosted and cloud-native security operations platform for threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR). With a history of leadership in SIEM and UEBA, and a legacy rooted in AI, Exabeam empowers global security teams to combat cyberthreats, mitigate risk, and streamline security operations.