SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus
Networks, an ARRIS company, today announced Bart Giordano as the company's new Senior Vice
President of Worldwide Sales. Giordano will report to Ian Whiting, President of Ruckus Networks. He
will be responsible for revenue, gross margin, and all aspects of
Ruckus's go-to-market activities.
"Since joining Ruckus Networks three years ago, Bart Giordano has built a top-notch global sales
team," said Ian Whiting, President,
Ruckus Networks. "Bart's been responsible for growing revenue and
market share through strategic partners and verticals, and his team
has secured major design wins with Google, Facebook, IBM, and
Lenovo. We look forward to the continued opportunities that Bart
and his team will bring to our business and our partners."
Giordano and his team have also championed Ruckus's thought
leadership, partnerships and strategy in smart cities and large
public venues. Today, Ruckus is a recognized market leader in these
sectors, consistently winning major projects with large
municipalities and in high-profile stadiums and arenas around the
world.
Last year, Giordano established a cross-functional Cloud
Services practice to accelerate recurring revenue and drive
operational efficiency across the company's SaaS portfolio. During
the first half of 2018, Ruckus Cloud Wi-Fi has been one of the
company's fastest growing products, expanding internationally.
Cloudpath™ software has also continued its impressive growth,
diversifying beyond higher education and winning major enterprise
brands.
"These past three years, it's been exciting to build our team
and develop our strategy to expand our business and open new routes
to market," said Bart Giordano,
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Ruckus Networks. "Moving
ahead, I look forward to leading a world-class organization to sell
our industry-leading products and services alongside our channel
partners. We'll continue our focus to expand core vertical segments
and deliver solutions that result in positive business outcomes for
our customers."
Giordano's 20-year career includes both technical and business
roles in networking, wireless, and cloud companies. Prior to
joining Ruckus Networks, he led partner sales and business
development at Egnyte, an enterprise software company. Previously,
he held senior product management, marketing and business
development roles in wireless connectivity at Marvell
Semiconductor. Before Marvell, Giordano was a senior engineer at
Cisco in the Security Technology Group. He holds a bachelor's
degree in computer engineering from California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo.
About Ruckus Networks
Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS
company, is redefining connectivity around the globe. With our
partners, we build secure wired and wireless access networks for
organizations that place a premium on connectivity experiences for
end users as well as simplicity.
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connected world. The company's leading hardware, software and
services transform the way that people and businesses stay
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