Citrix exec takes reins at Pulse Secure

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Mobile security vendor Pulse Secure has appointed Sudhakar Ramakrishna as its CEO and a member of its Board of Directors.

Most recently, Ramakrishna was the SVP and general manager for the Citrix Enterprise and Service Provider Division. In that role, he had profit and loss (P&L) responsibility for a portfolio of approximately $2.5bn covering virtualisation, cloud networking, mobile platforms and cloud services solutions.

“Sudhakar is the ideal CEO to lead Pulse Secure’s rapidly evolving business,” says Al Zollar, Pulse Secure executive chairman and executive partner of the firm’s owner, Siris Capital Group, LLC. “His deep-rooted expertise in the enterprise networking space is a perfect match for Pulse Secure. During Sudhakar’s career, he has thrived– not only in innovating and growing revenue extensively, but also with a proven track record of leading world class organizations by identifying and building exceptional talent, developing strong corporate cultures and delivering customer growth with purpose. We couldn’t be any happier to have such a proven leader at the helm.”

“In the era of mobility and the cloud, with amorphous and ever changing enterprise boundaries, secure access to infrastructure and applications is a key business challenge for organisations of all sizes,” says Ramakrishna. “I look forward to working with the Pulse Secure team and extending its legacy of delivering innovative solutions to address critical and evolving security needs of customers and delivering great user experiences”

Before Citrix, Ramakrishna served as president of products and services at Polycom, where he was responsible for the company’s $1.4bn voice and video collaboration products, global services and operations team. He previously held product and business leadership roles at Motorola, 3Com and US Robotics.

Formerly Junos Pulse, the security business of Juniper Networks, the vendor recently announced plans to launch as a separate company with a new channel strategy.

The vendor has around 130 partners in the UK, which are in the process of being transferred to a new channel programme, Connect Now.

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