Cityam when i meet jerry kennelly, the least aggravating part of the. Riverbed ceo jerry kennelly talks wan optimization infoworld. Riverbed cofounder and ceo jerry kennelly was in dubai recently to announce a key partnership with dubai police, and spoke to tahawul tech about how the company is gearing up to take on cisco in the sdwan market. With me on todays call are jerry kennelly riverbed s president and chief executive officer, randy gottfried, chief financial. May 25, 2016 that was the experience of jerry kennelly, cofounder of riverbed technology, a networking company that was one of the silicon valleys fastest growing startups after it was founded in 2002. Riverbed appoints paul mountford as ceo riverbed us. Kennelly added that over the next 18 months, riverbed will release four new products both software and hardware offerings targeted at cloud computing. Jerry kennelly riverbed from startup to scaleup youtube. After leading riverbed for 16 years, cofounder and ceo jerry kennelly turns the reigns over to paul mountford. Jerry kennelly, ceo and cofounder of riverbed, retired. That was the experience of jerry kennelly, cofounder of riverbed technology, a networking company that was one of the silicon valleys fastest growing startups after it was founded in 2002.
Jerry kennelly, former ceo, and steve mccanne, former cto, founded a technology company in. Jerry kennelly, ceo of riverbed, describes the functionality and benefits of sdwan, which uses policybased rules to orchestrate app routing. So, he and jerry kennelly, ceo of riverbed, set out to address those challenges, cofounding riverbed technology. Kennelly, who has served as ceo of riverbed technology since cofounding the company in 2002, is retiring. The three primary ways riverbed is doing this include. Although shares of riverbed technology have risen 520. Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout. Rvbd, the it performance company, today announced that it has acquired zeus technology, a privatelyowned company that d riverbed expands it performance business with. Although shares of riverbed technology have risen 520 percent in the past two years and. Appoints paul mountford as ceo to drive next phase of growth in.
Riverbed announces retirement of cofounder and ceo jerry m. Tenable appoints jerry kennelly, cofounder and former ceo of riverbed, to board of directors. Riverbeds firework ceo, jerry kennelly, retires network world. The companys chairman and ceo, jerry kennelly, said that the deal positions riverbed as a potential solution to several different networking problems at once.
Jerry kennelly, chairman and chief executive officer at riverbed technology. Go behind the scenes and learn about the making of a prolific leader. Jerry kennelly, ceo of riverbed, describes the functionality and benefits of sdwan, which uses policybased rules to orchestrate app routing in the cloud. Riverbed ceo jerry kennelly says this acquisition signals the end of. Jerry kennelly cofounded our company in may 2002 and serves as chairman of our. Jerry kennelly, ceo of riverbed, describes the functionality. Riverbed absorbs wifi vendor xirrus, reaches for the edge. Kennelly will remain in an advisory role to his successor paul mountford through the end of april. Jun 20, 2017 steve mccanne, a legend in the world of internet protocol science, recognized that there were fundamental challenges inherent in the architecture of the data network. With me on todays call are jerry kennelly riverbeds president and chief executive officer, randy gottfried, chief financial. Jerry kennelly, chairman and ceo of riverbed technology, inc.
Jerry kennelly, cofounder of riverbed technology the. That was the experience of jerry kennelly, cofounder of riverbed technology, a networking company that was one of the silicon valleys fastest growing startups after it. Riverbed was indeed a firework, as it hit the market with a bang and became the face of wan optimization. Kennelly, riverbed chairman and chief executive officer. Riverbed expands it performance business with acquisition of. Jerry kennelly has a fix for the business worlds need for speed.
May 03, 2018 jerry kennelly, riverbed chairman and ceo, talks about how the companys latest sdwan technology integrates with the zscaler security cloud to deliver an experience that enables secure sdwan and. The firm owns three of riverbed technology s distributing partners and riverbed is kennelly s company. Jerry kennelly, cofounder of riverbed technology east. Cofounder, chairman, and ceo of san franciscobased riverbed technology, inc. Jan 27, 2011 jerry kennelly talks like a man who slept through the bschool class on managing investor expectations. Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout riverbed has products on tap that will enable wan optimization as a cloud service, speed up the boot time for remote virtual desktops.
Kennelly led riverbed through 16 years of accelerating growth, including the companys successful initial public offering ipo in 2006. Jul 21, 2016 riverbed ceo likely to list the company again in 2 to 3 years. View jerry kennellys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Apr 04, 2018 riverbed ceo jerry kennelly retires, successor named.
Riverbed ceo jerry kennelly, looking to nip at rival cisco. Jeff puffenberger, formerly senior director of the state, local and education practice at riverbed, has been promoted to vice president for the u. View jerry kennelly s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Best known for its steelhead widearea networking wan optimization technology, riverbed is shifting the focus of its networking strategy to. Tenable appoints jerry kennelly, cofounder and former ceo. Paul mountford is replacing jerry kennelly as chief executive officer of the software defined networking provider, effective immediately. San francisco april 3, 2018 riverbed technology, the digital performance company, today announced the appointment of paul mountford to ceo, succeeding jerry m. Founded in 2002, the silicon valley heavyweight makes products that. Utilizing an applicationcentric approach, riverbed aims to disrupt the multibillion dollar branch router market, says jerry kennelly, riverbed chairman and ceo, to help enterprises reap the benefits of newer and superior network architectures. Riverbed ceo likely to list the company again in 2 to 3 years. His company, riverbed technology, sells the gear to make enterprise applications run 100 times faster over global corporate. Apr 03, 2018 san francisco april 3, 2018 riverbed technology, the digital performance company, today announced the appointment of paul mountford to ceo, succeeding jerry m. Steelcentral provides a central point of control for the infrastructure that optimizes and enhances application performance.
Kennelly, who is retiring after serving as ceo since cofounding riverbed in 2002. Jerry kennelly talks like a man who slept through the bschool class on managing investor expectations. Paul mountford, who currently is chief sales officer at riverbed, will take over as ceo. Riverbed ceo jerry kennelly presents a check to the sf food bank. Visit the individual steelcentral ccm product pages for the latest software and documentation. Now, riverbed is moving rapidly into the cloud with softwaredefined routing, which is replacing hardware networking technology. Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout cio. Kennelly will remain in charge of riverbed after it becomes part. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jerry s. During this same period, the companys steelhead offering.
Silver peak, riverbed weigh in on ciscoviptela acquisition. Riverbed ceo jerry kennelly had a frontrow seat at the movie. Jerry kennelly, chairman and ceo of riverbed technology, said indias workforce, infrastructure and proximity to. Paul mountford succeeds jerry kennelly as riverbed ceo. Riverbed technology ceo discusses q3 2010 earnings call. In addition to being one of my favorite katy perry songs, its always reminded me of the firework that was riverbed and its charismatic and often outspoken ceo, jerry kennelly. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jerrys.
Mountford joined riverbed nearly four years ago as svp and chief sales officer, leading the transformation of the global sales organization. Jerry kennelly, former ceo, and steve mccanne, former cto, founded a technology company in may, 2002, originally named nbt next big thing technology. Paul mountford, formerly senior vice president and chief sales officer at riverbed technology, has been selected to succeed the retiring jerry kennelly as ceo of the san franciscobased digital. Kennelly on wednesday in a keynote at the riverbed partner summit 2017 in santa. Riverbed on sdwan and the secure, 21stcentury cloud network. Its products consist of software and hardware focused on network performance monitoring, application performance management, and wide area networks wans, including sdwan and wan optimization. If you think wan optimization is a niche market, dont bring it up around jerry kennelly. Paul mountford is replacing jerry kennelly as chief executive officer of the software.
Tech companies rally behind bay area food bank sfgate. Riverbed ceo jerry kennelly retires, successor named. Jerry kennelly chairman and ceo scandic capital, llc. Its products consist of software and hardware focused on network. Riverbeds move is remarkably bold, a skate to where the puck will be strategy intended to leapfrog over networking bellwethers like cisco systems, positioning riverbed as a thought leader. Riverbed appoints paul mountford as ceo riverbed gb.
Riverbed ceo jerry kennelly retires, successor named channel. People think of the speed of light as an infinite speed, he says, but its actually a speed limit. Riverbed absorbs wifi vendor xirrus, reaches for the edge of. Kennelly spent six years at inktomi corporation, an infrastructure software. Learn about the latest networking technology, sdwan, which uses policybased rules to orchestrate applications routing in the cloud. Riverbed ceo jerry kennelly top says to expect more acquisitions, while svp of channels karl meulema says the forthcoming service delivery platform is riverbeds biggest internal bet. Zeus kerravala is the founder and principal analyst with zk research, and provides a mix of tactical advice to help his clients in the current business climate. Jerry kennelly chairman and ceo scandic capital, llc linkedin. Dec 23, 2009 jerry kennelly has a fix for the business worlds need for speed. Equipment from riverbed technology, whose ceo jerry kennelly i spoke with recently, does it well. Nov 21, 2007 equipment from riverbed technology, whose ceo jerry kennelly i spoke with recently, does it well. Riverbed technology rvbd q3 2010 earnings call october 21, 2010 4. Mountford joined riverbed nearly four years ago as svp and chief sales officer, leading the transformation of the global sales organization and partner program as the.
Riverbed announces retirement of cofounder and ceo jerry. Weve done three acquisitions in the last 18 months, and well continue to do more, said chairman and ceo jerry m. Riverbeds push to the cloud is both buy and build redmond. Learn from senior executives and experts from zscaler, riverbed and idc, as well as it leaders from united and linkedin, as they discuss and demo revolutionary new software defined and cloudcentric approaches to networking, security and visibilitydigital experience management. But now thats not whats needed its all software, knowledge workers. Cios and businesses with a software defined networking. Nov 08, 2016 jerry kennelly strode into the sfmarin food bank monday afternoon with dozens of employees from riverbed technology, a san francisco software company, in tow. Riverbed banks new ceo, launches steelconnect ex sdxcentral. People think of the speed of light as an infinite speed, he says, but its actually a speed. Kennelly, chairman, president, and ceo of riverbed technology, inc. You will be redirected to the riverbed cloud portal.
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