Fortinet Strengthens Its Position in Strategic Vertical Markets With Four New Leadership Hires - Seite 2

Araldo Menegon: Global Managing Director, Financial Services
Prior to Fortinet, Menegon was Global Managing Director for Juniper Networks, where he built and led the company's financial services practice. Previously, as vice president of sales for the IBM Global Alliance, he oversaw major growth in revenue, relevance and scale. Menegon also held executive leadership roles at both Nortel and Sycamore Networks, and spent five years at Cisco, where his last role was leading the ATT business. Araldo brings to Fortinet a proven track record in building global, enterprise and service provider businesses.

Chad Whalen: Vice President of Cloud Services
Before joining Fortinet, he was Chief Customer Officer for Jasper Technologies where he established a new go-to-market strategy that leveraged a push-pull direct/indirect model to accelerate customer adoption. Whalen also held a number of positions at network solutions firm Ciena, including General Manager, Vice President North America Field Operations and Vice President of Sales, with responsibilities for all sales activities in the U.S. and APAC markets.

Ryan Witt: Vice President and Managing Director, Healthcare Industry Practice
Prior to Fortinet, Witt founded and led Juniper Network's Healthcare Industry Practice and was the chair of Juniper's Healthcare Advisory Board. Having worked within Health IT for almost 20 years, he also held leadership positions at Hitachi Data Systems, BridgeHead Software and ClearDATA. A testament to his keen interest in technology's transformative role in healthcare, Witt is a regular speaker, panelist, moderator, and blogger on the importance of Health IT. He is also active in the Workgroup of Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), a policy body that advises the Department of Health and Human Services.

Jim Jasinski: Vice President, Federal Business Development, Supply Chain
Jasinski's early career included several years as an attorney in New York State, preceding 23 years as a Special Agent for the FBI, where he conducted criminal and intelligence field investigations, litigation support, and oversaw automation of the FBI's fingerprint system, a $1 billion Presidential Priority Program. After FBI retirement in 2000, Jaskinski held leadership positions at DynCorp, Cogent Systems, and Digital Signal Corporation.