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Brocade Names Jeff Lindholm Worldwide Sales Head

By TechTaffy Desk

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Brocade has appointed Jeff Lindholm to the position of senior vice president of Worldwide Sales.

In this role, Mr. Lindholm is responsible for leading the development and execution of the company’s overall global sales strategy spanning across all Brocade networking products and solutions. He will be reporting directly to Brocade CEO, Lloyd Carney.

Mr. Lindholm has held a number of sales and marketing leadership positions at networking and telecommunications technology companies. At Juniper Networks, he served in key executive roles including the senior vice president of Worldwide Sales as well as the chief marketing officer. Mr. Lindholm was also senior vice president of Sales and Marketing at Bigband Networks.

Most recently, Mr. Lindholm served as the senior vice president of Field Operations at Arbor Networks.

Mr. Lindholm has a BS in Marketing from Boston College.

Upload: 03-11-13

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