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Brocade appoints senior vice president of worldwide salesFeb 28, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a supplier of networking equipment, has announced the appointment of Jeff Lindholm to the position of senior vice president of worldwide sales to be effective on March 4, 2013. In this role, Mr Lindholm is responsible for leading the development and execution of the company's overall global sales strategy spanning across all Brocade networking products and solutions. Mr Lindholm will report directly to Brocade CEO, Lloyd Carney. Mr Lindholm is chartered with implementing strategies to expand the company's customer base and to take advantage of new business opportunities that are arising in the networking industry due to key industry trends such as data center virtualization, cloud computing and software-defined networking. His primary objective will be to grow sales revenue within the IP/Ethernet networking market and to maintain leadership in the storage networking market, through OEM and channel partners as well as system integrators and direct sales. "After careful evaluation of Brocade's current opportunities in the marketplace and consideration for the future direction of the company, I am confident that Jeff has the right mix of industry knowledge, business acumen and leadership skills to drive continued growth in key customer segments and geographies," said Lloyd Carney, CEO of Brocade. "His extensive background in networking sales and experience with implementing a customer-focused sales approach will undoubtedly solidify Brocade's position as the industry's leading pure-play networking vendor." With more than 30 years of experience in the high-tech industry, Mr Lindholm has held a number of sales and marketing leadership positions at networking and telecommunications technology companies. At Juniper Networks, he served in key executive roles including the senior vice president of Worldwide Sales as well as the chief marketing officer. Mr Lindholm was also senior vice president of Sales and Marketing at Bigband Networks, where he oversaw the direct sales organization and led market development of next-generation video technologies. Most recently, Mr Lindholm served as the senior vice president of Field Operations at Arbor Networks, a provider of network security and management solutions for enterprise and service provider networks. http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon |