Sean Price

Corporate Vice President, Business Development

2012-05-29

Sean Price is SafeNet’s Corporate Vice President, Business Development, where he is responsible for working closely with the Company’s sales and marketing leadership on business development, corporate development, channel partner relationships, and new vertical market opportunities.

Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Price was SafeNet’s Vice President of Worldwide Channels, where he was responsible for driving the development of new programs and growth opportunities for SafeNet’s channel partners.  As a result of his successful efforts, Mr. Price was recognized by CRN magazine as a  Top Channel Chief  in 2011.

Prior to rejoining SafeNet in 2009, Mr. Price served as Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Fidelis Security Systems where he was responsible for the development and execution of the company’s global sales strategy, including the direct, indirect and strategic sales channels for the worldwide commercial and U. S.  federal markets. Mr. Price was responsible for creating and executing the company’s global partnership with IBM Internet Security System’s which integrated Fidelis into IBM’s multi-tiered partner program.  He also doubled the company’s revenues within the first year of his appointment.    

From 2004 -2008, Mr. Price served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Application Security Incorporated.  During his tenure, Application Security grew from a small start up to a leader in database security vulnerability assessment, experiencing triple-digit growth year over year.    

From 1997-2004, Mr. Price served as SafeNet’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Business Development.  In this role, Mr. Price led SafeNet’s global initiatives to attract large enterprise customers as well as foster strategic OEM partnerships. He also played an instrumental role in corporate development and actively participated in executing the company's acquisition strategy. Before joining SafeNet, Mr. Price held executive sales positions at Nuera Communications Inc. and Network Equipment Technologies.