Infoblox Inc. (NYSE: BLOX) today announced Thorsten Freitag has joined
Infoblox as senior vice president of global sales, effective
immediately. Freitag is responsible for managing regional sales teams in
the Americas, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific, as well as the
global service provider and channel sales teams.
Thorsten Freitag, senior vice president of global sales at Infoblox (Photo: Business Wire)
Freitag joins Infoblox from F5 Networks, where he was senior vice
president for EMEA, based in Germany. Prior to F5 Networks, Freitag held
senior sales management positions at Cisco Systems, Siemens Enterprise
Communications and other technology companies in Germany, South Korea
and South Africa. Throughout his career, Freitag has focused on
strategic planning, change management and building high-performance
teams.
“We are very fortunate to add someone of Thorsten’s caliber to help
drive our expanding sales efforts,” said Chris Andrews, executive vice
president of worldwide field operations at Infoblox. “Thorsten has the
skills and vision to focus on quarterly targets while at the same time
building a foundation for long-term growth. With his extensive
international experience, Thorsten is also uniquely qualified to expand
Infoblox sales outside the United States.”
“I’m excited by the opportunity to take a successful, experienced sales
team to the next level,” said Freitag. “The many changes that are
reshaping enterprise networks today – including virtualization, mobility
and cloud – open up new opportunities for Infoblox in every vertical and
in every geography.”
Freitag is the process of relocating from Germany to Infoblox
headquarters in California’s Silicon Valley.
About Infoblox
Infoblox (NYSE:BLOX) delivers Automated Network Control solutions, the
fundamental technology that connects end users, devices and networks.
These solutions enable approximately 7,100 enterprises and service
providers to transform, secure and scale complex networks. Infoblox
helps take the burden of complex network control out of human hands,
reduce costs, and increase security, accuracy and uptime. Infoblox (www.infoblox.com)
is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has operations in 25
countries.
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