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Palo Alto Networks Announces Executive AppointmentsSANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW), the next-generation security company, today announced from our annual sales kickoff event new executive appointments. Dave Peranich joins the company as our new executive vice president, Worldwide Sales, reporting to Mark Anderson. Dave is a proven sales leader and his focus on sales and the channel will provide even more capacity for our growth. Mark Anderson has been promoted to president with responsibility for the company's sales, go-to-market strategy, customer support, and business development, reporting to Mark McLaughlin, chairman and CEO. Over the last four years, Mark Anderson's leadership of our sales organization has been instrumental to our growth. This expansion of his responsibilities will bring to bear his expertise and experience on a broader basis across the market. Quotes
Most recently, Dave held several sales leadership roles over a nine-year tenure at Riverbed Technology, including senior vice president, Worldwide Sales; executive vice president, Worldwide Field Operations; and president, Worldwide Field Operations. His wealth of experience also includes leadership positions at Centrata, Siebel Systems, Remedy Corporation and Oracle, among others. Along with Mark Anderson, Dave will be joining the entire sales organization and more than 800 of our channel partners at our annual sales kickoff this week. Dave will be based in the Santa Clara, California, headquarters. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding our ability to continue to outpace our competition and further establish ourselves as a leader in cybersecurity, our ability to seamlessly scale our organization, our ability to continue our successful go-to-market track record and expand our global reach. These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these statements, including, our limited operating history; risks associated with managing our rapid growth, particularly outside of the United States; our limited experience with new product introductions and the risks associated with new products, including software bugs; the failure to timely develop and achieve market acceptance of new products as well as existing products and services; rapidly evolving technological developments in the market for network security products; and general market, political, economic and business conditions. Additional risks and uncertainties that could affect our financial results are included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 27, 2016, which is available on our website at investors.paloaltonetworks.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in other filings that we make with the SEC from time to time. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. About Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks is the next-generation security company, leading a new era in cybersecurity by safely enabling applications and preventing cyber breaches for tens of thousands of organizations worldwide. Built with an innovative approach and highly differentiated cyberthreat prevention capabilities, our game-changing security platform delivers security far superior to legacy or point products, safely enables daily business operations, and protects an organization's most valuable assets. Find out more at www.paloaltonetworks.com. Palo Alto Networks and the Palo Alto Networks logo are trademarks of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the United States and in jurisdictions throughout the world. All other trademarks, trade names or service marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners. Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150527/218856LOGO
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