Riverbed Technology has announced that Steve Dixon has been given a new role of Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan Sales in the firm. In his new role, Dixon will be responsible for charting and executing the sales and distribution strategy for Riverbed in Asia Pacific and Japan.
Steve Dixon stated, “The rapid development in Asia has seen the fast building and evolution of IT networks and infrastructures, be it consolidated, cloud or virtualized. Over the last few years, we are excited to witness the increasing demand for application performance solutions from organizations and service providers alike. I am honored to be driving the sales efforts in this dynamic growth region for Riverbed and am fully committed to strengthening our presence across Asia Pacific and Japan to better serve our customers and partners.”
Steve has been with Riverbed for more than seven years now in various senior management roles. Prior to this appointment, Steve was the Senior Director and Vice President for Asia Pacific Channels, where he was focused on the development of the company and strengthening the breadth and capability for Riverbed channel partners across Asia. Steve joined Riverbed in 2005 as Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, where he helped Riverbed become the market-leading WAN optimization provider in the region.
Prior to joining Riverbed, Steve gained experience in the IT industry through a wide variety of executive positions in sales, engineering and management in other high-technology companies, including CASE Technologies, Cabletron and Kinetica.
