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MCAfee INC., names Gert-Jan Schenk as President of EMEA
October 2010 by Marc Jacob
McAfee Inc. announced that it has appointed Gert-Jan Schenk as president of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Schenk reports to Michael DeCesare, executive vice president of worldwide sales for McAfee. Schenk started October 1, and is based out of the McAfee office in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Schenk joins McAfee from Juniper Networks where he served as senior vice president of EMEA. In this role, he managed close to 900 employees throughout EMEA and dramatically improved Juniper’s global profitability and growth. Over the last three years, he has grown its business from $600 million to $1.2 billion in revenue.
An industry veteran, Schenk joined Juniper Networks in 2002, where he was first responsible as the vice president of channels for EMEA for guiding Juniper Networks from a one tier to a two tier distribution model in EMEA in line with the company’s increased focus upon the enterprise market and the expansion of its portfolio to include security, enterprise routing and application acceleration solutions.
Prior to Juniper, Schenk was vice president, channels, at Unisphere Networks (acquired by Juniper Networks in 2002). Earlier in his career, Schenk was director of channel sales, EMEA, at Redback Networks and regional sales director, Benelux and Central Europe for Madge Networks, among other positions.
David Quantrell, McAfee’s current president of EMEA, has decided to pursue other business opportunities. He will continue working with McAfee over the next several months to ensure a smooth transition to his successor.
