RESTON, Va., March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Benchmark
Executive Search, an industry-recognized, Top 10 GovCon executive
recruitment firm, announced today it placed Wray Varley as vice
president of government sales at Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN). The
Sunnyvale, California-based
company provides intelligent transport networks for network
operators, which enables reliable, easy to operate, high-capacity
optical networks.
Bob Jandro, senior vice president of worldwide sales at
Infinera, said he turned to Benchmark because of its proven track
record and experience in the high tech, defense, intelligence and
national security communities.
"When we had a critical need to find and hire a leading public
sector sales leader, we engaged Benchmark for the search. We knew
of the firm's outstanding connections and knowledge of the
government contracting talent landscape, and they came highly
recommended," said Jandro. "Benchmark made it difficult to choose
among the strong candidates they presented, but we landed our top
choice."
"Wray Varley is a strong sales and business development
leader who has a distinguished record of nearly 20 years of
building strong teams that consistently exceed sales and revenue
objectives," said Jeremy King, president of Benchmark.
"Additionally, he is known at the right agencies, which helped make
him the perfect fit."
Most recently, Varley was area vice president of sales at
CenturyLink, where he played a pivotal role on the company's
government advanced programs, which included the Department of
Homeland Security, Department of Justice and Department of Energy
sales and business development teams.
In January, Benchmark announced the additions of five new
members to its National Security and Cyber Advisory Board.
About Benchmark Executive
Search:
Benchmark's mission is to build high impact leadership teams
that achieve extraordinary results for clients in the DC-metro area
and Silicon Valley. Venture and private equity-backed firms also
use Benchmark to support their aggressive growth goals and
timetables. The company specializes in the national security
mission and emerging-technologies. Benchmark's core
capabilities include all aspects of security (cyber, physical,
IT, diplomatic), communications (satellite, networking,
telecom, mobile) as well as big data, analytics, cloud and
critical infrastructure. For more information, please visit
http://www.benchmarkes.com.
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/benchmark-executive-search-places-wray-varley-as-vice-president-of-government-sales-for-california-based-infinera-300043693.html
SOURCE Benchmark Executive Search