Hesham Abuelata

Hesham Abuelata is an accomplished senior marketing executive with extensive international experience in large high-tech companies, such as Apple and Norton.

He has previously served as Vice President of Platform Products at Remedy Informatics. Hesham has held several management and directorial positions during his 15-year tenure at, including the positions of Senior Director of Global Strategic Marketing and Operations & Planning and Senior Director of Product Marketing & Marketing Programs. During this time, he drove the success of Norton Internet Security worldwide, playing a key role in achieving an annual revenue growth from $11 million to over $500 million. He led the product marketing team in defining the go-to-market plans and creating the messaging of Norton products, achieving historic0high revenue. He also led the design, messaging, and global deployment of Symantec Security Check – the most popular online scanner.

Previously to his time at Symantec, Hesham spent 12 years at Apple, where he was responsible for defining and implementing the internationalization and product marketing strategy for the emerging markets in the European region. There, he also recruited and led the team managing all product marketing, localization and developer-support activities in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Central & Eastern Europe, and Africa, and supported regional teams in 22 countries.

Hesham holds a Master’s of Science in Computer Science & Digital Systems from the University of Kent.