Bill Robbins

Who is Bill Robbins?

Bill Robbins is Senior Vice President of The Americas Geography,

responsible for driving Symantec’s sales and operations in the United

States, Canada and Latin America.

Most recently Robbins served as senior vice president of the Asia

Pacific and Japan (APJ) geography, responsible for driving Symantec's

sales and business development across more than 17 countries. In this

role he served as the senior leader for the overall Symantec business

in Asia Pacific and Japan.

Prior to heading the Asia Pacific and Japan organization, Robbins

was Symantec's vice president, Eastern United States and National

Telecommunications Sales where he was responsible for a team of more

than 175 account managers and a 400-person extended team. Previously

Robbins was vice president, Northern Europe, Veritas Software, and

throughout the Symantec-Veritas Software merger, Robbins led the

integration planning for the global Sales organization.

Robbins joined Veritas Software in 2002 to manage Worldwide Sales

Operations. Reporting to the executive vice president of Sales, his

responsibilities encompassed all aspects of Sales Operations on a

global basis. Robbins also had responsibility for the company's Pricing

Licensing organization, an Emerging Technology Sales

organization, and Channel Partner Operations Support.

Before joining Veritas Software, Robbins was chief operating officer

for Comdisco's $800m Technology Services Division, which included

running business operations for Comdisco's High Availability

Continuity, Web and Storage Services lines of business. While there, he

was a lead executive in the divesture of the Services Division to

SunGard Data systems where he co-managed the integration of the two

businesses.

Before joining Comdisco, Robbins was a managing director of Business

Development at MCI Systemhouse, a $2B outsourcing and system

integration firm. Robbins has also held a wide range of positions at

Electronic Data Systems.

Robbins holds bachelor's degrees in business administration and

economics, both with top honors from Southern Methodist University in

Dallas. He is also a Certified Management Accountant.