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Gigamon Announces Appointment of Mike Burns as CFO(Benzinga Lightning Feed Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Gigamon® Inc. (NYSE: GIMO), a leader in traffic visibility solutions with the innovative Visibility Fabric™ architecture, today announced the appointment of Mike Burns as chief financial officer, effective immediately. "Mike is an accomplished executive with significant financial and operational experience and we are pleased to have him join the Gigamon team. His experience as the CFO for a high growth technology company addressing the cloud computing and data networking markets will be an asset to Gigamon and we look forward to his financial leadership," said Paul Hooper, CEO of Gigamon. "I was drawn to Gigamon because of its history of innovation and its technology leadership in an exciting and growing market. The commitment of its employees and management team are compelling and I am excited at the opportunity to help lead the company through its next phase of growth," said Burns. Burns brings over two decades of experience in finance, strategic planning, M&A and growth investing in public technology companies. Before joining Gigamon, Burns served as chief financial officer of Volterra Semiconductor. During his six year tenure as CFO, Volterra doubled revenue, expanded gross margins and tripled operating profit, prior to the company's acquisition by Maxim Integrated in 2013. Prior to Volterra, Burns spent fifteen years at Intel Corporation where he held several senior financial positions. Burns received a bachelor's degree in Economics and a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. He went on to receive a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. © 2014 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. |