Douglas Murray appointed Sr VP at Juniper

Under his leadership, Junipers Data Center security business more than doubled in Juniper Networks, the industry leader in network innovation has announced a strengthened management team to lead its business in Asia-Pacific. The new appointments, which have been made over the past several months, help position the company to leverage its technology leadership in key growth markets.

Douglas Murray, previously senior vice president and general manager of Juniper Networks' Security Business Unit, has been appointed senior vice president for Asia-Pacific and will be based in Hong Kong. His management team includes new hires Geoff Thomas, vice president of enterprise sales, Kevin Ackhurst, vice president of partner sales, and Alita Wong, vice president of marketing. Matt Kolon, who was acting theater head, will return to the key position of vice president for the service provider business in Asia-Pacific.

Asia-Pacific is where our biggest geographical market opportunities lie and we wanted to ensure there is a strong management bench to drive our continued success in the region, said Gerri Elliott, executive vice president and chief sales officer of Juniper Networks. I'm extremely pleased that Doug Murray has agreed to take on this important role. He is very much part of the company's core management and has done a fantastic job in driving our security business. I am confident that he and the rest of the APAC team will drive us forward in the region.

In his new role, Murray is responsible for all aspects of Juniper's business activities across the Asia-Pacific region, including customer engagement, sales development, training and enablement, strategic planning and revenue growth. Under his leadership, Junipers Data Center security business more than doubled in revenue and became a market leader in data center firewalls with an award-winning product line that includes the Juniper Networks SRX Series Services Gateways and vGW Virtual Gateways.

Thomas and Ackhurst join Juniper from Microsoft where the former spent 19 years, most recently as general manager for the Asia communications sector business, and the latter worked for 14 years including his last stint as Asia-Pacific vice president for sales and marketing. Before joining Juniper, Wong was Oracle's director of market development in Asia-Pacific and Japan and also worked at Lucent and Gartner.

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