Perry Mulligan SVP Ops, Emulex

Emulex Corporation announced the appointment of Perry Mulligan as SVP operations.

He brings more than 30 years of experience in global operations, supply chain management, IT and procurement to the company. In this role, he will oversee Emulex operations, including IT, facilities, supplier management, test engineering and logistics.

"I am excited to have Perry Mulligan join my team as he brings a tremendous amount of experience in driving global operations and manufacturing strategy, while driving down operational costs and ensuring customer satisfaction," said Jeff Benck, CEO, Emulex. "His expertise will be essential as we move forward in developing and delivering next-generation I/O and network performance management solutions to market that help organizations to deploy and monitor high-speed networks."

 Most recently, Mulligan served as the SVP operations at QLogic, responsible for operations, test engineering, supply chain management, IT and facilities management. Prior to joining QLogic, he spent nine years in the electronic manufacturing services industry, at Solectron and Celestica. At Solectron, he served as SVP of supply chain management and chief procurement officer, and at Celestica, he held roles as VP of supply chain management and president of commodity management for Asia. Prior to entering the electronics manufacturing services industry, he held a number of management positions at Nortel in operations, IT, and materials management.

He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario

"I am pleased to be joining Emulex at a pivotal time for the company, as it develops and delivers exciting new technology to the market to provide organizations with high performance networking solutions that simplify IT managers’ lives," said Perry Mulligan, SVP operations, Emulex. "I am committed to maintaining the most responsive, streamlined and focused operations organization, helping to deliver the solutions and support that both our internal and external customers require, while continuously improving operational effectiveness and efficiencies and leading the company’s global operations."