Mimecast has appointed Michael McCollough as senior vice-president of worldwide partners and alliances – a pivotal hire as the company.
The company is currently expanding its global partner ecosystem, with a particular emphasis on MSPs.
McCollough has held leadership roles at Anomali, Imperva, Akamai and Dell Managed Services.
This appointment follows a growth period for Mimecast, including the 2024 acquisitions of insider threat protection platform Code42 and AI-powered security startup for workplace collaboration tools, Aware. Together with Mimecast’s core email security offering, this expanded portfolio presents a “unique service opportunity” for partners, says McCollough.
As over half of Mimecast’s more than 40 000 customers are served via MSPs, the partner ecosystem remains a top strategic priority. In his new role, McCollough will lead the evolution of Mimecast’s Channel and MSP programmes, expand cloud alliances with AWS and Google, and strengthen ties with leading security partners including CrowdStrike, Netskope, SentinelOne and Zscaler.