Arbor Networks Strengthens Executive Team with Key Hires; Addition of Scott Burnett and Scott Prouty Anchor Operations and Sales Teams.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2001 Arbor Networks, a provider of managed availability services, today announced two executive hires to anchor its operations and sales divisions. Scott Burnett, former executive at NaviPath, joins Arbor Networks as vice president of operations and network engineering, and Scott Prouty, former executive of Flashcom and senior manager at MCI Communications This article is about MCI before it merged with WorldCom. For other uses, see MCI. MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony and Corporation, joins as vice president of sales. "Recent network attacks, as well as the potential for increasingly complex threats to network availability, have accelerated market demand for Arbor's solution," said Farnam Jahanian, Arbor's chief scientist and co-founder. "Customer service begins with sales and service delivery, and the addition of Scott Burnett and Scott Prouty will help Arbor build these divisions to a world-class level." Backed by fourteen years of experience in domestic and international data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. , Burnett will implement and strengthen Arbor's internal operations and service delivery capabilities, including the management of the Arbor Networks' 24 X 7 security operations center A Security Operations Center is a centralised unit in an organisation that deals with security issues. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA; an agency within the US Department of Homeland Security) has implemented Security Operations Centers (referred to as SOC) , customer support and professional service groups. Prior to joining Arbor, Burnett was general manager of access services and vice president of operations at NaviPath, Inc. There, Burnett was responsible for the deployment and operation of NaviPath's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. , carrier-grade Internet access See how to access the Internet. network, implementation of all Internet access services and products, and management of key strategic partnerships. Before NaviPath, Burnett held senior management positions at United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC (Universal Product Code) The standard bar code printed on retail merchandise, which is administered by GS1 US, Brussels, Belgium and Lawrenceville, NJ (www.gs1.org). ), Cable Television Laboratories, and Qwest Communications
Scott Prouty brings over seventeen years of experience in sales and sales management Sales Management Role and Goal Importance of sales management is critical for any commercial organization. Expanding business in not possible without increasing sales volumes, and effective sales management goal is to organize sales team work in such a manner that ensures a to Arbor Networks. As vice president of sales, Prouty is chartered with building a senior-level national sales team to meet demand for Arbor's solutions. Prouty most recently served as vice president and general manager of east coast operations for Flashcom, Inc., leading all aspects of Flashcom's East Coast sales and service teams. Prior to Flashcom, Prouty was employed by MCI Communications Corporation for nearly ten years in senior sales capacities, growing and managing some of MCI's largest global and national accounts. Burnett and Prouty supplement the Arbor Networks management team, joining co-founders Farnam Jahanian, Chief Technology Officer G. Robert Malan and Chief Strategist Ted Julian. Jahanian and Malan developed Arbor Networks' patent-pending technology at the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . Arbor Networks, launched in February 2001, has received Series A financing from Battery Ventures and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. Arbor Networks' technology is currently being deployed and tested by several large enterprises and service providers. About Arbor Networks Arbor Networks provides a distributed, non-intrusive and complete managed availability service that allows firms to protect their greatest asset: the availability of their customers' sites. Arbor's solutions detect, trace, and filter threats to network availability, improving network uptime, performance and security, while lowering operational costs for web content and service providers. Arbor's patent-pending technology is based on three years of pioneering research in the availability, reliability and security of networks and distributed systems, conducted at the University of Michigan by Arbor founders. Headquartered in Waltham, Mass. with development facilities in Ann Arbor, Mich., Arbor is funded by Battery Ventures, a leading venture capital firm, and Cisco Systems, Inc. For more information, contact Arbor Networks at 781-684-0900 or at www.arbornetworks.com. |
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