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A10 Networks Appoints Kirsten Lee as VP of Global Channels
Charter to Drive Worldwide Channel Partnerships and Expansion
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Delhi / Bangalore - India, November 13, 2013
A10 Networks™, a technology leader in Application Networking, today announced the appointment of Kirsten Lee as Vice President of Global Channels.
Reporting directly to A10 Vice President of Worldwide Sales Ray Smets,
Kirsten is responsible for developing and leading A10's global channel
organization with a charter to drive the company's channel program and
expand its channel driven business. This executive announcement follows
shortly after the appointment of Jason Matlof as Vice President of
Worldwide Marketing and demonstrates A10's commitment to address growing
market opportunities.
Kirsten
is a seasoned executive with a proven track record of success in global
channel management. She brings more than 20 years of experience in
channel sales, channel marketing and field marketing. Kirsten comes to
A10 recently from HP where she was Vice President of Worldwide Channel
Marketing for the Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking (ESSN)
organization. In this role, she was responsible for driving HP's
worldwide ESSN channel strategy, including partner growth, partner
program architecture, partner enablement and partner communications.
Prior
to joining HP, Kirsten served as Vice President of Worldwide Channel
and Field Marketing at Blue Coat, Vice President of Worldwide Channel
Sales at Packeteer, and has held various prior positions in Sales and
Marketing at Net Manage, Caldera Systems and The Santa Cruz Operation.
"I am excited for Kirsten to join A10's world-class sales team as we aim to take our channel program to the next level globally," said Ray Smets, Vice President of Worldwide Sales for A10 Networks. "We
are already a channel focused business, but with the intention to build
even stronger channel relationships to drive business growth. Our
channel partners worldwide will benefit from Kirsten's expertise in
building and upgrading channel programs, strategic relationships and
driving a specific set of objectives to recruit, enable and motivate
partners."
"I am excited to lead A10's worldwide channel organization with a focus on partner recruitment, enablement and communication," said Kirsten Lee, Vice President of Global Channels for A10 Networks. "I look forward to creating a growing and thriving channel ecosystem by working closely with our regional and global partners."
A10
delivers a portfolio of scalable Application Service Gateways that
deliver application availability, optimization and security. The A10
Thunder™ Series, unveiled in May, are next generation Application
Delivery Controllers that consolidate application service modules and
deliver high performance in compact form factors to increase data center
scalability and efficiency.
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About A10 Networks
A10
Networks was founded in Q4 2004 with a mission to provide innovative
networking and security solutions. A10 Networks makes high-performance
products that help organizations accelerate, optimize and secure their
applications. A10 Networks is headquartered in Silicon Valley with
offices in the United States, United Kingdom, France, The Netherlands,
Germany, Spain, Brazil, Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Malaysia, Australia and Singapore. For more information, visit: http://www.a10networks.com
A10
Networks, A10 Thunder, vThunder, ACOS, aCloud, aFleX, aXAPI, aVCS,
Virtual Chassis, SoftAX, and aFlow are trademarks or registered
trademarks of A10 Networks, Inc. in the United States and other
countries
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Ray Smets 
Kirsten Lee
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