PRAGUE and LONDON, Oct. 13,
2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader
in digital security and privacy, has announced three new strategic
appointments strengthening the threat research, AI, and innovation
departments, reporting to Avast's CTO, Michal Pechoucek. Joining the company are
Daria Loi as Head of
Innovation, Siggi Stefnisson as Head of Threat Labs, and
Andrew B. Gardner as Vice President
of Research & AI earlier this year.
Daria Loi has extensive
experience spanning over two decades in UX research & design,
product design & strategy and innovation processes and is
driven by mixing design strategy with user experience research and
innovation to enrich people's life and humanize
technology. Before joining Avast, Daria Loi worked at Intel, where she led UX
Innovation and drove product vision agenda into Intel's client
computing, AI and smart spaces programs for over 12 years. She also
worked as Head of Product Design for Emerging Technologies and Head
of Design & People Experiences at Mozilla for almost two years.
She is a well-known keynote speaker and was recognized as one of
Italy's 50 most inspiring women in
tech.
Siggi Stefnisson joined Avast in
March 2021 as Head of Threat Labs. He
has more than 20 years of experience in computer and information
security, having worked as a virus and malware researcher, and most
recently held the position of VP of Threat Research and Detection
at Cyren. His team's main focus lies in developing new analytical
capabilities to map, understand and stop new threats in
real-time.
Andrew B. Gardner joined Avast in
May 2021 as Vice President of
Research & AI. He joined Avast from Broadcom and has over 20
years of experience in research, artificial intelligence and data
science. He has worked as Global Head of AI and Machine Learning
within technology companies previously. He is leading Avast's over
100 experts dedicated to research and development in artificial
intelligence and privacy. Andrew is a frequent international
keynote speaker and presenter and former adjunct professor at the
Georgia Institute of Technology.
Michal Pechoucek, CTO at Avast, said, "The Technology and
Research & Development team supports and helps execute Avast's
vision of making the digital world a more private, free and safe
place for everyone, everywhere, and the strong leadership of Daria,
Siggi and Andrew are of vital importance to make this a reality. I
am very excited to have them all on board. With the recent
additions, we have excellent leadership that ensures Avast
remains at the forefront of threat research, AI, and
innovation."
About Avast:
Avast (LSE:AVST), a FTSE 100 company, is
a global leader in digital security and privacy, headquartered in
Prague, Czech Republic. With over
435 million users online, Avast offers products under the Avast and
AVG brands that protect people from threats on the internet and the
evolving IoT threat landscape. The company's threat detection
network is among the most advanced in the world, using machine
learning and artificial intelligence technologies to detect and
stop threats in real time. Avast digital security products for
Mobile, PC or Mac are top-ranked and certified by VB100,
AV-Comparatives, AV-Test, SE Labs and others. Avast is a member of
Coalition Against Stalkerware, No More Ransom, and the Internet
Watch Foundation. Visit: www.avast.com.
Keep in touch with Avast:
- For security and privacy insights, visit the Avast
blog:https://blog.avast.com/
- For technical details and threat research carried out by
Avast:https://decoded.avast.io/
- For more information about Avast visit:
https://www.avast.com/en-gb/about and
https://www.avast.com/company-faqs
- Visit our Facebook group:www.facebook.com/avast
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