US-based date centre networking company Big Switch Networks has appointed a new head of its worldwide channels business as it looks to drive expansion globally.
Networking industry veteran Claudio Perugini has been appointed Vice President, Worldwide Channels.
Perugini has extensive channel and sales experience in the networking industry spanning more than 30 years, most recently as EVP, Worldwide Sales at LightCyber, a company acquired by Palo Alto Networks in February this year.
Prior to LightCyber, Perugini spent nearly five years at Gigamon as VP of Sales, Americas.
{loadposition peter}He began his career as a founding member at Fluke Networks, a division of Danaher, where he spent more than 25 years.
Mike Hoffman, VP of Worldwide Sales and Chief Revenue Officer, said Perugini brings channel expertise, leadership experience and a proven track record in sales and channel strategy to Big Switch, “and I look forward to partnering with him as we continue to scale our global GTM efforts”.
“Claudio is uniquely qualified to expand our global channel program to support continued growth at Big Switch,” said Susheel Chitre, VP of Business Development, Big Switch.
“He will play a meaningful role at Big Switch as we expand our programs to further support our global customer base with differentiated technology and choice that will enable transformation of legacy data centres.”