Detroit’s Blumira Hires Kim Brown and Kate Drews to Senior Director Roles

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Kim Brown, Kate Drews // Courtesy of Blumira
Kim Brown, Kate Drews // Courtesy of Blumira

Blumira, a cybersecurity provider of automated threat detection and response technology based in Detroit, announced the appointment of Kim Brown as senior director of marketing and Kate Drews as senior director of business operations.

In her role, Brown will work alongside Jon-Eric Cornellier, director of marketing, to grow Blumira’s market presence. Brown will aim to drive momentum for Blumira in communications, field marketing, and events, in addition to leading the team’s overall marketing strategy.

“Blumira fills an important niche of detecting and preventing incidents like ransomware and data breaches,” says Brown. “It’s exciting to know we’re solving problems for small and medium-sized businesses that may not have a security team. I am excited to collaborate on the demand generation program and promotion plans to take Blumira to the next growth stage.”

Brown brings nearly two decades of experience to Blumira, specializing in cybersecurity startups. Most recently, she supported the security-focused sales teams through demand generation activities, events, and webinars as Cisco’s America’s Field Marketing Team Lead.

“Kim’s field marketing experience will be a great addition to the Blumira team, especially in the context of a startup,” says Jim Simpson, CEO of Blumira. “We’re excited for her to work alongside our talented team members to develop the demand generation and promotion plans that will lead Blumira’s future success.”

In partnership with the leadership team, Drews will oversee the profitability and growth of the organization. Drews will also identify opportunities to drive revenue and improve the overall sales process and the customer lifecycle.

“I’m extremely excited to be joining the Blumira team,” says Drews. “Blumira’s culture prioritizes kindness and integrity and doing right by our often-underrepresented customers. I’m thrilled to be joining this intelligent and hardworking team and look forward to working with the go-to-market (GTM) teams.”

Drews joins Blumira with nearly two decades of sales experience and almost a decade of experience in the cybersecurity industry. Kate jumpstarted her career in cybersecurity in 2014 at Duo Security, where she worked as an account executive.

“Kate’s sales expertise in the cybersecurity industry will make her an excellent facilitator for our GTM teams,” says Simpson. “With her experience across the GTM cycle, I’m confident we’ll continue our growth trajectory at scale.”

Blumira has also expanded its sales team with several new account executives and sales development representatives.

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