Juniper Networks Strengthens Leadership Team
March 23 2018 - 4:15PM
Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), an industry leader in automated,
scalable and secure networks, today named Manoj Leelanivas as its
executive vice president and chief product officer. In this role,
Mr. Leelanivas will manage alignment between product and
go-to-market strategy and execution, overseeing the Product Line
Management and Marketing teams while focusing on deploying
technology that anticipates and solves customer and industry needs.
He is expected to join Juniper on March 26, 2018 and will report
directly to chief executive officer, Rami Rahim.
“To achieve and deliver on our strategic vision, we
must increase alignment between strategy and execution and
double-down on product innovation,” said chief executive officer,
Rami Rahim. “Appointing Manoj Leelanivas to this new role will help
us continue to make progress on our transformation journey. With
his strong technical background and overall industry expertise,
Manoj understands our opportunity and has the proficiency to
develop strong teams and create products that solve our customers’
most difficult problems.”
Mr. Leelanivas brings a wealth of knowledge in
product development across networking, software and security
solutions, as well as strong go-to-market experience with
enterprises and service providers. He previously spent 14 years
with Juniper, starting in 1999, and served in a variety of roles,
including executive vice president of worldwide sales for advanced
technologies, executive vice president and general manager of the
software business group and senior vice president and general
manager of the edge and data center business unit. Mr. Leelanivas
returns to Juniper from Cyphort, where he spent the prior four
years as president and CEO, delivering an innovative security
analytics platform to stop evasive and advanced threats,
leveraging the power of machine learning and AI.
“I am thrilled to return to Juniper and be a part
of the exciting progress that the company continues to make. It’s
an honor to assume this new position where I hope to foster a
collaborative environment across teams that will help us design and
deploy some of the industry’s most innovative solutions for our
customers,” said Manoj Leelanivas.
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