Company Announcement - Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Jonathan Price as Vice President, Solutions Engineering of Europe, Middle East and Africa. Price will lead Riverbed’s solutions engineering team across EMEA with a goal of delivering a first class IT service. He will report to Jack Knezo, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions Engineering.
 
Prior to joining Riverbed, Price was Senior Presales Director in EMEA at CA Technologies where he was responsible for leading teams to deliver world-class presales capabilities across the region, covering solution portfolios that help customers embrace the challenges in today's application driven economy. Having served at the company in roles focused on presales for over 16 years, Price will use his experience of building teams across multiple European regions to bolster Riverbed’s solutions engineering division.
 
Price will be responsible for the growth and development of Riverbed operations by leading the team to enable existing market expansion and new market penetration from across Riverbed’s product portfolio, strengthening existing relationships and identifying opportunities where Riverbed can add value.
 
Jack Knezo, Senior Vice President, Global Solutions Engineering at Riverbed, comments, “As organisations strive to compete and be successful in this increasingly hybrid IT environment, the need for increased visibility, fast and agile infrastructures that allow for complete control of applications has become more important than ever. With Jonathan’s proven leadership and knowledge in transforming the customer experience, he will be a valued asset to the Riverbed team, delivering superior application performance to enterprises.”
 
Jonathan Price, Vice President, Solutions Engineering EMEA at Riverbed, adds, “Organisations continue to become increasingly dependent on application performance to deliver business performance. As a result, overcoming the challenges of hybrid enterprises and delivering relevant solutions for software-defined networks presents a huge market opportunity for Riverbed. I am looking forward to being part of this and helping to build on Riverbed’s success in EMEA. 
 
The Riverbed Application Performance Platform™ product families include: Riverbed® SteelHead™ to optimize and control application delivery throughout the hybrid enterprise; Riverbed® SteelCentral™ for end-to-end visibility, analytics, and diagnostics; and Riverbed® SteelFusion™ to consolidate branch infrastructure in the data centre and optimize delivery of apps/data to branches.