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ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that Matthew McManus has been promoted to the position of vice president of sales. McManus, formerly the director of sales operations, brings 17 years of sales, channel development, operations and leadership experience to his new role. McManus will be responsible for leading the North American Sales Team and will provide strategic channel direction and operational excellence to the organization.

"We welcome Matthew to his new role and look forward to the positive changes he will bring to the position," said Anton Zajac, ESET CEO. "He has already proven himself to be an invaluable member of the ESET family, and I am confident that his experience, leadership and vision will result in ESET continuing its impressive growth."

Prior to ESET, McManus had successfully developed reseller programs for GEM Solutions (OTCBB: GEMI), St. Bernard Software (OTC: SBSW) and ENCAD, a Kodak company (NYSE: EK). McManus began his career as a sales associate with AirTouch Cellular / Verizon (NYSE: VOD), where he built and ran the sales call center for the San Diego market. McManus joined ESET LLC as the director of sales operations in 2007; in this role he has shown strong leadership in developing ESET's sales team and business processes to improve the ESET customer experience. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of San Diego.

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ESET develops software solutions that deliver instant, comprehensive protection against evolving computer security threats. ESET pioneered and continues to lead the industry in proactive threat detection. ESET NOD32 Antivirus, its flagship product, consistently achieves the highest accolades in all types of comparative testing and is the foundational product that builds out the ESET product line to include ESET Smart Security. ESET Smart Security is an integrated antivirus, antispyware, antispam and personal firewall solution that combines accuracy, speed and an extremely small system footprint to create the most effective security solution in the industry. Both products have an extremely efficient code base that eliminates the unnecessary large size found in some solutions. This means faster scanning that doesn't slow down computers or networks. Sold in more than 160 countries, ESET has worldwide production headquarters in Bratislava, SK and worldwide distribution headquarters in San Diego, U.S. ESET also has offices in Bristol, U.K.; Buenos Aires, AR; Prague, CZ; and is globally represented by an extensive partner network. For more information, visit www.eset.com or call (619) 876-5400.