Juniper Networks Appoints New Chief Customer Officer
August 01 2018 - 11:00AM
Today, Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), an industry leader in
automated, scalable and secure networks, announced
that Pierre-Paul Allard has been named executive vice
president and chief customer officer, reporting to chief executive
officer, Rami Rahim. Mr. Allard will be responsible for
charting Juniper's sales growth strategy and driving the strategic
and operational elements of the Sales, Partners, Services and
Support functions for the company. Mr. Allard will lead a global
organization of more than 3,500 professionals that includes direct
and indirect sales, systems engineering, advanced technologies and
field operations.
"Pierre-Paul is an exemplary leader who has a strong history of
strategic thinking as it relates to driving results and leading
people to deliver a successful sales and customer experience. I'm
excited for the opportunity that Pierre-Paul will bring to the
company’s product strategy, while aligning to sales to deliver
significant growth and recurring revenue in a highly competitive
market," said Rami Rahim, CEO, Juniper Networks.
Mr. Allard brings more than 30 years of extensive experience in
enterprise, software, cyber security and cloud solutions, with a
proven ability to develop sales potential in new market areas.
Prior to joining Juniper, Mr. Allard held senior leadership
positions at a number of technology companies, including CheckPoint
and Avaya. Prior to joining Avaya, Allard spent 19 years at Cisco,
joining the company in 1993 to lead Cisco Canada (which he grew to
$1 billion in revenue). He then moved into senior global leadership
roles, first running enterprise marketing and then sales for the
Industries segment, a $2.5 billion division. Prior to joining
Cisco, Mr. Allard spent 12 years in various management roles at
IBM.
“I am thrilled to join Juniper and be a part of the company’s
continued progress of innovation and growth, and relentless focus
on the customer. One of the biggest problems
impeding customers’ collective progress is complexity. I plan
to be extremely focused on addressing the need for simplicity and
for solutions to help our customers fulfill critical transformation
needs.”
- Pierre-Paul Allard, executive vice president and chief
customer officer, Juniper Networks
Mr. Allard will be based out of the Juniper Networks’ corporate
headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.
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