GEC NEWS WIRERiverbed Technology appointed Giovanni Di Filippo as the company´s Vice President Channel Sales for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Giovanni will have overall responsibility for Riverbed’s evolving channel and go-to-market strategy in order to maximize customer value, expand new routes to market and lead the channel sales team to drive growth and revenue through our partner eco-system. Giovanni brings over 25 years’ senior management experience and leadership in the global channel sales arena.
Kristian Thyregod, Senior Vice President, EMEA, Riverbed, said, “Giovanni will play a key role at Riverbed to help us deliver innovative solutions as businesses go through a digital transformation and turn to next-generation, software-defined networks for fast and agile application delivery. Giovanni’s deep technology expertise and business acumen, combined with his understanding of international channel sales and building collaboration with a cross-functional workforce, makes him a great addition to our EMEA leadership team.”
Giovanni Di Filippo, Vice President Channel Sales, EMEA, Riverbed, said, “Our challenge is to ensure that our partners across EMEA are equipped to realize and capture the opportunity that the new software-defined age presents and enable them to solve customer challenges with the Riverbed portfolio of architectural solutions. I look forward to working closely with all our EMEA partners as we embark on this journey.”
Before joining SAP in 2012, Giovanni led the Partner and Global Strategic Alliances Organization for Emerging Markets East at Cisco Systems.
