As per the latest update, Brocade has appointed Adam Judd as Vice-President for Asia-Pacific (APAC). Judd will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of all sales and business development across the region, delivering aggressive growth targets for the Brocade Ethernet/IP business and further strengthening the company's partner and channel strategies.
Judd will be based in Singapore and will report directly to Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations, Jeff Lindholm.
Judd brings over 15 years of leadership experience and an impressive track record in data center networking, enterprise technology and telecommunications to Brocade. He was most recently the acting CEO and Chairman of Tortuga Mobile, a privately-held firm that provides mobile payment solutions and services to retailers, financial institutions and mobile carriers.
"The data center networking industry is undergoing transformative changes and Brocade is poised to lead that transformation by leveraging its strong innovation heritage, customer focus and partner ecosystem. Now is a great time to rejoin the industry, and I am very excited to lead Brocade in APAC by building on its strengths and understanding customer needs. Brocade has led the industry on many fronts, including Ethernet fabrics, network virtualization and software-defined networking. I am committed to working closely with our customers and partners in meeting their needs and bringing these innovations to them in the most accessible way," said Adam Judd.
Prior to Tortuga Mobile, Judd was Senior Vice-President for APAC at Juniper Networks, where he led the company's sales and services operations in more than 12 countries, including Japan.
Under his leadership, the company's regional revenue quadrupled. Judd assumed the regional leadership role in 2002 as a result of Juniper's acquisition of Unisphere Networks, a company for which he co-founded APAC operations in 1999. He also previously held APAC management positions with Bay Networks and Nortel Networks.
