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Brocade Names Two New Executives to Critical Posts as Foundry Acquisition Closes
December 2008 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Brocade announced the following executive appointments:
Marc Randall named Brocade Senior Vice President of Products and Offerings:
– Networking industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience in the high-tech sector
– Spent eight years at Force10 Networks, where he served as CEO from 2003 to 2008 and led the company from less than $10 million (USD) to $150 million in annual revenues
– Served seven years at Cisco Systems as Vice President of Engineering, where he led the development of the Cisco 7500 Series router
– Served 13 years at Amdahl Corporation in various engineering leadership positions
– Holds a BS in Electronics Engineering Technology
Dave Stevens named Brocade Chief Technology Officer (CTO):
– Networking industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in the high-tech sector
– Most recently was Founder and CEO of Palo Alto Networks
– Previously served at Brocade from 2003 to 2004 as Vice President and CTO of Brocade Transport Systems (after joining Brocade through the acquisition of Rhapsody Networks in 2003, where he was Vice President of Business Development)
– Served in senior management positions at Atmosphere Networks, Bay Networks , Nortel, and SynOptics
– Holds both a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering
