F5 creates new role to enhance global collaboration and strengthen
sales partnership strategies
F5
Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application
Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced that Dean Darwin has been
promoted to the newly created position of VP of Worldwide Channel Sales.
Previously, Darwin had served as VP of North American Channel Sales.
“We’re very excited that Dean will be leading our global channel teams
in this new role,” said Mark Anderson, SVP of Worldwide Sales at F5.
“Dean has done a remarkable job leading and expanding our channel
efforts in North America. In this new position, his charter will be to
leverage the great work that has been done in each region, and align
F5’s global efforts around best practices to engage our worldwide
network of sales partners. Having worked closely with Dean for the
better part of the last 10 years, I’m highly confident in his ability,
and look forward to developing and enhancing F5’s partnership strategies
with him.”
Darwin first joined F5 Networks in 2005. As a key driver of the North
America channel program, he has been instrumental in the introduction
and success of a number of channel initiatives including the Advantage
Partner Program and, most recently, the F5®
Lightning Program. In his time with F5, he has been named as one of
the Top
Channel Executives by VARBusiness, and recognized as a Channel
Chief by CRN. Prior to joining F5, Darwin held sales leadership
positions at Cisco and NetApp.
“With this appointment, F5 has reinforced its commitment to providing
first-rate channel programs and enhancing partnerships with leading
network solution integrators such as Datacraft,” said Andy Cocks,
Director of Solutions and Alliance for Datacraft Asia. “With its
best-in-class products and holistic approach to Application Delivery
Networking, F5 provides strategic value to Datacraft’s network
optimization offerings. F5 is an ideal complement to Datacraft’s
expertise in delivering comprehensive and flexible IT solutions.
Together, Datacraft and F5 help clients reduce bandwidth expenses,
virtualize and consolidate servers, and improve application performance
by optimizing server, storage, and network resources. We look forward to
working closely with F5 in bringing the partnership to new heights.”
About F5 Networks
F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking
(ADN), focused on ensuring the secure, reliable, and fast delivery of
applications. F5’s flexible architectural framework enables
community-driven innovation that helps organizations enhance IT agility
and dynamically deliver services that generate true business value. F5’s
vision of unified application and data delivery offers customers an
unprecedented level of choice in how they deploy ADN solutions. It
redefines the management of application, server, storage, and network
resources, streamlining application delivery and reducing costs. Global
enterprise organizations, service and cloud providers, and Web 2.0
content providers trust F5 to keep their business moving forward. For
more information, go to www.f5.com.
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