F5 Networks appoints Taj El Khayat as regional director
Mario Veljovic joins VAD Technologies as General Manager
Infoblox elevates Cherif Sleiman to Vice President EMEA operations
INDUSTRY APPOINTMENTS
Red Hat appoints Adrian Pickering as regional head for MENA
Red Hat has appointed Adrian Pickering as Regional Head for Middle East and North Africa . Pickering brings to Red Hat over 30 years of high-level technology leadership experience having worked in a variety of sales and management roles .
He was previously Vice President , Middle East and Africa at Juniper Networks for over five years . At Juniper Networks , Pickering grew the business by double digits across his full term , and made improvements in sales productivity , margins , go to market , best practices , strategic accounts , strategic relationships , operating expenses , employee attrition , customer endorsements .
Prior to Juniper Networks , Pickering worked for an extended duration of time , from 1998 to 2011 at Cisco Systems in a variety of roles . These included Senior Director Strategic Projects , Cisco Emerging Markets East ; Director , Emerging Markets Service Provider Video and Triple Play Solutions ; Director , Service Provider Strategic Accounts ; Regional Sales Manager , UK Service Providers ; Regional Sales Manager , BT Account . Before joining Cisco , Pickering was at Nortel Networks .
Pickering moved to UAE in 2004 and over the last ten years has worked across emerging economies including Middle East , Africa , Russia , Eastern Europe and Latin America .
He has educational qualifications from Kingston University and University of Witwatersrand . ( Source : LinkedIn )
F5 Networks appoints Taj El Khayat as regional director
F5 Networks has appointed Taj El Khayat as its new Director for Gulf , Levant and North Africa region . Reporting directly to Diego Arrabal , Vice President Middle East and Africa , F5 Networks , El Khayat will lead a team comprising of salespeople , channel staff , and system engineers focused on consolidating the vendors position as the region ’ s application delivery company . In particular , there will be a strong emphasis on security and multi-cloud projects . El Khayat brings with him over 17-years ’ industry experience , having played a major role in driving profit and market-share for a range of top IT players .
He joins F5 Networks from Riverbed , where he was the Regional Vice President for Middle East , Turkey and Africa , helping the company establish their leadership in the region as a leading application performance platform technology providers , while driving consistent growth and increasing market footprint .
Prior to this , El Khayat held several senior positions at vendors like Juniper Networks , and Microsoft . He has had notable success in building strategies to enter new markets , assembling high-performance teams , as well as spearheading customer surround and satisfaction initiatives . He also has an extensive track-record in creating channel programmes and initiatives catering to partners across the Middle East , Turkey and Africa region .
Mario Veljovic joins VAD Technologies as General Manager
Mario Veljovic has joined VAD Technologies as General Manager . He brings with him 20 years of senior management experience in both traditional and value added distribution . His work objectives include helping organisations realise their digital transformation objectives , building a sustainable business that is committed to the success of its vendors and resellers , introducing new valueadded services that meet market requirements .
Prior to his recent movement , Veljovic was Vice President Solutions for Middle East and Africa at Global Solutions Network from 2014 . Prior to Global Solutions Network , Veljovic had a long stint at Aptec Ingram Micro from 2003 to 2014 .
At Aptec Ingram Micro he held various positions and roles including Operations and Services Director , General Manager , Operations and Commercial Manager , Manager Sales and Marketing , and Regional Business Unit Manager . He moved to Aptec Ingram Micro from Actebis International Distribution in 2003 .
Infoblox elevates Cherif Sleiman to Vice President EMEA operations
Infoblox , the network control company that provides actionable network intelligence , announced that Cherif Sleiman has been elevated to the post of Vice President of Europe , Middle East and Africa operations . Sleiman previously oversaw Infoblox ’ s Middle East and Africa business and under his leadership the region grew rapidly , specifically in the areas of DNS security and network control for hybrid clouds . Sleiman will be reporting to Bill McCarthy , Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations .
Sleiman has more than 22 years of sales , technical and business experience with some of the world ’ s leading networking and telecommunications technology companies including Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks . He is a subject matter expert and well versed in the areas of security , compliance , cloud , and technology trends .
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