Networking solutions specialist Brocade has appointed Curt Beckmann, who was previously Principal Architect at Brocade, as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the EMEA region.
He will be responsible for a delivery of a product roadmap across the region and lead the company's technology strategy. At the same time, he will continue as a leader in the Open Networking Foundation where he chairs Forwarding Working Group, the company says.
Beckmann joined Brocade in 2003 as a result of an acquisition of Rhapsody Networks where he was a member of the founding team. Prior to this, he worked at Bay Networks where his responsibilities included development of chipsets for Ethernet switching.
Beckmann will be based in Paris, France, and report directly to Brocade vice president for EMEA, Marcus Jewell.
"We're already seeing customers in EMEA laying the foundations for SDN deployment in their data centres, to enable business growth and innovation," said Jewell.
"Curt is an industry veteran with the vision to help customers and partners understand how they can transform their existing networks."