Zix Corporation announced that it separated the role of its chairman of the board from that of its chief executive officer. Robert C. Hausmann, ZixCorp's lead independent director, has been elected as the non-executive chairman of the board. Richard D. Spurr continues to serve as ZixCorp's CEO and as a director.

Mr. Hausmann has served as a ZixCorp director since 2005 and has been instrumental in guiding ZixCorp's corporate governance, both as chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and as lead independent director.