ConSentry Networks Names Joe Golden as Chief Executive Officer
Seasoned Executive Joins Intelligent Switching Leader
MILPITAS, Calif. (Business Wire EON) July 7, 2008 --
ConSentry Networks announced
today that Joe Golden has joined the company as chief executive officer
and a member of the board of directors. Golden brings to ConSentry more
than 28 years of experience in the telecommunications and networking
industry.
Prior to joining ConSentry, Golden was a general partner and co-founder
of Accel Partners London and served on the boards of 16 companies,
including P-Cube, Kagoor, Icera, Gigle, and Ubidyne. Prior to Accel, he
was a vice president at Cisco Systems and held various senior management
positions including managing director of business development and
strategic alliances (EMEA). Before joining Cisco, Golden was the chief
operating officer and vice president of marketing for multi-service
access solution vendor Ardent Communications, a Wu Fu Chen start-up
acquired by Cisco in 1997.
“I was attracted to ConSentry because the
vision of adding real intelligence to the network fabric has been talked
about for years in the industry and ConSentry is the first to deliver on
this vision with its innovative intelligent
switching architecture,” said Golden. “I
plan to lead the company to further expansion and growth in the
enterprise switching market.”
“Joe brings a successful track record and a
unique technical and commercial understanding of the global networking
market, as well as extensive operating experience that will help extend
ConSentry’s success in the enterprise
switching arena,” said Jeff Prince, chairman
of the board at ConSentry.
Joe Golden holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford
University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
About ConSentry Networks
The ConSentry Networks Intelligent Switching architecture delivers
native user and application control at the LAN access edge. With this
technology, ConSentry’s award-winning
LANShield product family enables IT managers to improve the visibility,
control, and performance of users and applications and radically
simplify LAN deployment and operations. ConSentry is backed by blue-chip
venture capital firms Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, INVESCO Private
Capital, and Sequoia Capital and is headquartered in Milpitas,
California.
ConSentry Networks, the ConSentry Networks logo, and LANShield are
trademarks of ConSentry Networks Inc., for use in the United States and
other countries. All other product and company names herein may be
trademarks of their respective holders.
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