Avira Names Travis Witteveen as CEO

Cyber-security expert Avira announced today that Travis Witteveen has been promoted to CEO of the company, effective July 1, 2013. Witteveen, who has been with Avira since 2009, was formerly Chief Operating Officer. Company founder Tjark Auerbach, who started Avira more than 27 years ago in a garage in Germany, will remain the majority shareholder. Avira Appoints Travis Witteveen as CEO (Photo: Business Wire) Witteveen's entire career since 1992 has been in the security software industry. Prior to joining Avira, Witteveen distinguished himself as senior vice president of sales and global operations at F-Secure (NASDAQ OMX: FSC1V) and vice president of global sales at AVG Technologies

. At both previous companies, Witteveen was responsible