F5 Bolsters Sales Organization with New Hires
March 23 2016 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Company welcomes heads of North America
Sales and Worldwide Channels teams to target growth in cloud and
security business
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced additions
to its sales leadership team with the hires of Peter Brant, SVP of
North America Sales, and David Helfer, VP of Worldwide Channels.
Brant and Helfer join a growing sales organization providing
targeted solutions, training, and services to customers and channel
partners across all segments of application services, particularly
in priority focus areas such as security and cloud.
“We welcome Pete and David, two well-known and highly respected
global sales executives, to the F5 team,” said John DiLullo, EVP of
Worldwide Sales at F5. “Their deep understanding of the security
and cloud markets and their experience with traditional and
emerging channels make them uniquely qualified to help F5
supercharge our sales efforts. The F5 innovation engine continues
to produce powerful application delivery, traffic management, and
security solutions for our customers, and with David and Pete at
the helm of these two critical markets, I have full confidence that
our customers and channels will be very well served.”
Peter Brant, SVP of North America Sales
Brant brings more than 20 years of experience in technology and
security sales to his role at F5, along with an extensive
background in developing strategic channel and partnership
programs. Most recently, he served as head of Americas sales
at Fortinet, where he led a team of more than 800 sales, channel,
and engineering professionals. Prior to Fortinet, Brant held senior
sales and management positions at Breach Security, AdmitOne, and
SonicWALL. At F5, he is responsible for the ongoing development and
execution of go-to-market strategies and day-to-day operations for
all North America Sales. Brant is based in the company’s Seattle
headquarters, reporting to John DiLullo.
David Helfer, VP of Worldwide Channels
Helfer brings extensive experience in global channels and sales
operations to F5. He joins F5 from the cybersecurity company,
Lookout, where he served as VP of Worldwide Channels and managed
direct sales for the Asia Pacific region. Prior to Lookout, he held
a number of senior positions at Juniper Networks, including VP of
Worldwide Channels and Commercial Sales, and previous leadership
roles focused on OEM sales, the Americas region, and
partner/alliance sales in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and
Africa). At F5, Helfer is responsible for global channel
strategies, partner engagement, and the expansion of channels
operations capabilities worldwide. He is based in the San Francisco
Bay Area, reporting to John DiLullo.
About F5
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) provides solutions for an application world.
F5 helps organizations seamlessly scale cloud, data center,
telecommunications, and software defined networking (SDN)
deployments to successfully deliver applications and services to
anyone, anywhere, at any time. F5 solutions broaden the reach of IT
through an open, extensible framework and a rich partner ecosystem
of leading technology and orchestration vendors. This approach lets
customers pursue the infrastructure model that best fits their
needs over time. The world’s largest businesses, service providers,
government entities, and consumer brands rely on F5 to stay ahead
of cloud, security, and mobility trends. For more information, go
to f5.com.
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