Riverbed appointed Andy Elder as the new Chief Sales Officer, succeeding Paul Mountford, who was recently elevated to the role of CEO. Elder joined Riverbed in March 2017 as SVP EMEA Sales and during the last year he transformed the EMEA organization providing strong leadership and achieving significant growth in the region.
Andy Elder
Elder joined Riverbed from Intel Security, where he spent two years as the President of EMEA, responsible for go-to-market and operations for 100 countries, and led Intel Security to growth in EMEA. Elder has also lead global sales teams in several other technology companies including Intellectual Ventures, Rovi, and Cisco. At Cisco, he spent 13 years in many roles, including Vice President of Global Sales for the Sports and Entertainment division.
“I am excited and proud to lead Riverbed’s global sales organization, and I’m very confident we can deliver on our next phase of growth and drive an even greater impact for our customers and partners worldwide,” said Elder. “With a strong customer base, a thriving partner system and a world-class portfolio, Riverbed is experiencing significant market momentum in today’s digital world and I’m looking forward to continuing to build on this success.”
Elder is originally from the UK and has lived in the Middle East, the Netherlands, Seattle, and California. Elder will assume the position of CSO immediately will be relocating to Riverbed corporate headquarters in San Francisco.
I’m delighted to announce the promotion of Andy Elder as our new Chief Sales Officer,” said Paul Mountford, CEO at Riverbed Technology. “We’ve very fortunate to have a strong leader at Riverbed with Andy, who inspires excellence, commitment, collaboration, and performance at every level, and is focused on driving our customers’ success. Andy will now be able to bring that same energy and intensity he had leading EMEA to the global sales organization and executive leadership team.”
