Additional Info

Job title of nominated professional (or team name)Chief Revenue Officer
Company (where nominated professional or team is working)TuxCare
Websitehttps://www.tuxcare.com
Company size (employees)50 to 99
CountryUnited States
Headquarters RegionNorth America

Overview

Michael Canavan currently serves as the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at TuxCare, a top innovator in cybersecurity solutions. Having led the global sales and revenue strategies for the organization since 2021, Canavan has successfully driven business growth and market expansion across all of its business units.

Canavan has successfully furthered the organization’s position as a trailblazer in enterprise Linux security, enabling organizations around the world to modernize their vulnerability patching approach, minimize downtime, and better protect their users’ sensitive information. His achievements over the past year as CRO of CloudLinux, a sister company, and TuxCare are marked by strategic foresight, innovative product development, and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction. His efforts have not only driven substantial company growth, but have also solidified the company’s standing as a global leader in its field. As TuxCare continues to expand under his leadership, the company enjoys an ever-growing number of new partners around the world that help further expand the company’s presence and stance as a proven provider of enterprise cybersecurity solutions.

Prior to joining TuxCare, Canavan served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for one of the industry’s top secure file transfer solution providers, where he played a critical role in its eventual acquisition. He also held various roles in sales, engineering and product management at Absolute Software, Kaspersky Lab, Trend Micro and CDW.

Accomplishments

- Under Canavan’s leadership, TuxCare doubled the number of Global 5000 companies as new customers, increased support for more than 40 Linux distributions and surpassed 10,000 customers across TuxCare and its sister organization. The company has also successfully approached over 1 million in production workloads secured and supported by its services.


- As Chief Revenue Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Canavan has successfully led ever-expanding global sales teams while the organization accumulated a number of industry accolades for its commitment to customer service and ongoing innovation.


- Canavan has played an influential role in forging strategic partnerships and alliances with other technology leaders. In particular, he was pivotal in the establishment of the strategic alliance between TuxCare and Tokyo-based Cybertrust Japan Co., a Softbank Technology Corp subsidiary. Through this partnership, Cybertrust Japan became the sole distributor of TuxCare's Enterprise Support for AlmaLinux offerings, further expanding TuxCare’s reach in the region.


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