GEC NEWS WIRERiverbed Technology has promoted Elie Dib to the position of Senior Regional Director, Middle East, Turkey and North Africa. This announcement positions Elie at the head of Riverbed’s regional operations and he will now engage with the sales, technical and channel teams to strengthen the company’s position as the key technology provider for the hybrid enterprise in the cloud-first era.
Elie will report to Kristian Thyregod, Senior Vice President, EMEA, at Riverbed, who said, “Through his tenure with Riverbed, Elie has held executive roles that span both the channel and the enterprise. With his proven track record, keen understanding of our technology, and strong ties with our customers as well as partners, he is the ideal candidate to lead the regional team”. Under his new role, Elie will see his territory expand as he will now be responsible for Riverbed’s business in Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Within the region, the company’s focus will continue to be on its Riverbed SteelCentral and Riverbed SteelFusion product families which address the needs of network visibility and branch IT respectively. However, Elie is keen to raise customer awareness around Software-Defined WAN and the Riverbed SteelConnect solution, which was introduced last year, to create market momentum in this rapidly emerging area of technology.
