F5 Welcomes Haiyan Song as Executive Vice President of Security
December 17 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced that Haiyan Song will
be joining the company as Executive Vice President of Security,
starting January 4, 2021. Song joins F5 from Splunk where she led
the Security business as Senior Vice President and General Manager
of Security Markets. Song will build on F5’s position as the
second-largest global application security player, with over $750
million in security revenues, and drive the company’s next phase of
growth in security.
“Haiyan is an industry thought leader and visionary with
extensive cybersecurity and SaaS experience, including a track
record of helping to grow Splunk’s Security business from $100
million to over $1 billion (USD),” said François Locoh-Donou,
President and CEO of F5. “By 2023, our addressable opportunity
within the application security market is expected to reach $15
billion, growing from $8 billion today. Haiyan’s industry
knowledge, data analytics background, and deep domain expertise in
security will support our efforts to capture this growth by
securing every app anywhere as our customers adapt to their
changing environments.”
In her more than 20-year career, Song has held several
leadership positions, including Vice President and General Manager
at HP ArcSight, Vice President of Engineering at ArcSight, and Vice
President of Engineering at SenSage. Haiyan started her career at
IBM/Informix, building trusted regional database management systems
for Federal customers.
Song also currently serves on the board of CSG, a provider of
revenue management and digital payments. Haiyan also served on the
board of LLamasoft, an AI-powered supply chain analytics software
company that was acquired by Coupa in November 2020. She holds an
M.S. from Florida Atlantic University and studied Computer Science
in Tsinghua University in China.
She will be based out of F5’s San Jose location.
About F5
F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV) is a multi-cloud application security and
delivery company that enables our customers—which include the
world’s largest enterprises, financial institutions, service
providers, and governments—to bring extraordinary digital
experiences to life. For more information, go to F5.com. You can
also follow @F5 on Twitter or visit us on LinkedIn and Facebook for
more information about F5, its partners, and technologies.
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SOURCE: F5 Networks
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