SAN JOSE, Calif., April 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme
Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR), a leader in high performance
networking, today announced the appointment of Eric Broockman as CTO and Executive Vice
President of Engineering, adding to his current responsibility as
CTO, a role he has served the past 14 months. Broockman holds
numerous US patents, is an active inventor, and was a National
Science Foundation Fellow.
Broockman is an accomplished executive with an extensive
technology background, having held start-up CEO and GM roles over
the last 25 years. His experience includes R&D and creating
actionable business strategy for large and private technology
companies spanning networking, semiconductor, wireless and
software.
"Eric has played a leadership role in setting the technical
go-forward strategy for our wireless, SDN, hardware and software.
He has demonstrated exemplary skills as a problem solver, team
player, and an innovator, making him a natural choice to lead the
engineering organization," said Ed
Meyercord, president and CEO of Extreme Networks. "With his
appointment, we round out Extreme's executive team with proven
leaders who will set the course for our future."
Broockman's depth of industry experience includes executive
management roles for technology leaders, including Cirrus Logic,
where he was the VP/GM of the Crystal Division, as executive vice
president at Legerity, and at IBM. He recently served as the CEO of
start-up Alereon Inc., where he led the strategy and product
development of the industry's first gigabit OFDM wireless
solution.
Edward Carney, Extreme Networks'
executive vice president of products and customer success, is
leaving the company.
"I want to thank Ed Carney for
his significant contributions in leading the engineering and
customer support organizations during the integration of Extreme
Networks and Enterasys," said Meyercord.
About Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR)
is a customer-focused company with advanced networking
technology solutions and service platforms that address business
critical challenges. Extreme Networks backs these solutions with
our best-in-industry customer support model. Extreme Networks is
headquartered in San Jose, CA and
has more than 14,000 customers in over 80 countries. For more
information, visit the company's website
at http://www.extremenetworks.com
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