Force10 Networks Names Industry Veteran Karen Blasing as Chief Financial Officer.MILPITAS, Calif. -- Force10 Networks(R), a pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that it has named industry veteran Karen Blasing as chief financial officer. Ms. Blasing, who has more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance, strategy and compliance, will be responsible for managing Force10's financial resources and processes as the company expands its worldwide operations. "Karen brings significant experience, with both public and private companies, in successfully directing financial operations for the benefit of investors, customers, partners and employees," said Marc Randall, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Force10 Networks. "Karen's financial insight and acumen acumen Astuteness, perception, perspicacity will be instrumental as Force10 scales to its next level of growth." Ms. Blasing joins Force10 from Salesforce.com, where she had responsibility for worldwide accounting, finance, tax and treasury functions as well as real estate, facilities and procurement. Prior to Salesforce.com, she served as chief financial officer at Nuance Communications Nuance Communications is a computer software technology company. Their current worldwide headquarters is in Burlington, Massachusetts in the United States. Nuance provides speech and imaging solutions and is mainly known for its speech recognition and speech synthesis software that , where she was instrumental in negotiating the 2005 merger with ScanSoft, Inc. Ms. Blasing also served as chief financial officer for Counterpane Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. and has held senior finance positions with Informix, Oracle and Syntex Corporation. "Force10 is uniquely positioned in the networking industry with a marquee customer list and a history of growing sales ahead of the market," said Blasing. "As Force10 continues to expand its worldwide operations, I look forward to further developing and directing the resources required to extend the company's technological innovation and market leadership." Ms. Blasing holds a BA from the University of Montana and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from the University of Washington. She is a member of the Financial Executives Institute and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives. About Force10 Networks Force10 Networks is the pioneer in building and securing high performance switching and routing. Based on a revolutionary system architecture that delivers best-in-class resiliency and massive scalability, Force10's TeraScale E-Series switch/routers ensure predictable application performance, increase network availability, and reduce operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales . Today, many of the world's largest Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks depend on Force10 Networks. For additional information, please visit the company's website at www.force10networks.com. Force10 Networks and E-Series are registered trademarks and P-Series, S-Series, TeraScale and FTOS FTOS Flight Termination Ordnance System are trademarks of Force10 Networks, Inc. All other company names are trademarks of their respective holders. |
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