GEC NEWS WIREIndustry veteran Paul Mountford joins the company
Paul Mountford has joined Riverbed as Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer, reporting to David Peranich, President, Worldwide Field Operations at Riverbed. Mountford’s responsibilities will include day-to-day operations for all aspects of direct and indirect sales, as well as overseeing Riverbed’s channel ecosystem. This will enable and complement Peranich’s expanded focus on sales strategy and direction.
“Paul is a proven leader and industry veteran who will help us scale, and play a key role in executing on our growth strategy as we continue our evolution to a multi-product solutions and platform provider,” said Jerry M. Kennelly, Riverbed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “As organizations around the world evolve to a hybrid IT environment with resources on premises and in public clouds and a mix of private and public networks, Riverbed is uniquely positioned to address location and distance challenges through our application performance platform, and Paul’s experience across geographies and multi-product technology sales will be a major asset for us.”
