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Freelance Journalist, California CEO Magazine and Electronic News
A seasoned marketing veteran, Mary brings more than 25 years of experience to Trainer as leader of its Internet security practice. She has a proven track record in all aspects of marketing, including: media and analyst relations, strategic planning, corporate positioning and branding, product management, product marketing, lead generation, and business development. Widely respected by the analyst and venture communities for her security domain expertise, Mary has been instrumental in the launch of two start-up companies and more than 25 software products for industry leaders, including: CREDANT Technologies, Hewlett Packard, Platinum Technology/Altai, Sterling Commerce, Sybase, and UCCEL Corporation.
While at Sterling Commerce, she participated in the Key Recovery Alliance which was influential in changing regulations on the export of strong encryption; Mary was also instrumental in establishing a corporate-wide security strategy for all Sterling products. At CREDANT Technologies, she was one of the catalysts in defining the mobile data protection market and was the driving force behind the elevation of CREDANT to a market leadership position. Mary is well recognized within the security industry and is a contributing-author of the ICSA Guide to Cryptography and Commercial Computer Security Systems.
One of Mary’s crowning achievements at CREDANT was securing visionary leader status for the company in the Gartner 2004 Magic Quadrant for mobile data protection - - within two years of CREDANT’s first product release. Mary’s continued innovative marketing resulted in ongoing coverage by major television networks such as FOX, MSNBC and CNBC, numerous radio stations, and strategic business and IT publications. Based on increased market penetration and customer feedback, CREDANT attained the coveted “top three” leadership position in the Gartner 2006 Magic Quadrant for mobile data protection.
She received her Masters in Business Administration from Lake Forest School of Management at Lake Forest College, Illinois.
Q&A:
- Most daring adventure: this one is a toss-up between Scuba diving in a cavern in the middle of the jungles of Mexico or heli-skiing in the Mountains of Canada.
- Did you know? Mary has “6 show dogs”, meaning that they show up when people abandon them near their ranch in Texas.
- Favorite hobbies: I definitely have an outdoor trend going on with golf, skiing, scuba diving, riding horses, and last, but not least reading a good book.
- Ideal vacation: Beginning my vacation with five days of skiing at Beaver Creek in Colorado and then flying to Cancun, Mexico to spend five days at the beach recuperating.
- Handling stress: Hitting a small white golf ball for 18 holes and fantasizing that it is what has caused me to be stressed out!
- Hero: My husband who has the patience of a saint and supports me in (almost) every endeavor that I pursue – even PR and its frenetic pace!
