Chris Gibbs VP Sales for AsiaPac and Japan, Endace Division, Emulex

Emulex Corporation announced 25-year industry veteran Chris Gibbs as its VP sales for AsiaPac and Japan for its Endace division.

 In this role, Gibbs will expand the Endace Network Visibility Products’ (NVP) field team and develop partner relationships for the company’s network visibility products and services in the growing AsiaPac region.

“We’re excited to welcome Chris to our team,” said Mike Riley, SVP and GM, Endace divisio, Emulex. “His proven sales and executive leadership experience will enable us to capitalise on the growing opportunities we are seeing in our network visibility business in the rapidly growing AsiaPac region.“

“I am thrilled to join such a highly skilled team and I look forward to growing our presence across AsiaPac and Japan,” said Gibbs. “I am confident that the AsiaPac region will be one of our fastest growing geographies and will represent a sizeable part of our NVP portfolio in the very near future.“

In his role, Gibbs will drive the expanded Endace footprint in Australia and New Zealand and the growth of the Endace Network Visibility Product portfolio into high growth countries in Asia.

He brings 25 years of IT sales and sales management experience in the region. Most recently, he served as the VP of global accounts for global communications service providers in AsiaPac and Japan at CA Technologies. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Torokina Networks. Throughout his career, he has worked for technology companies, including Concord Communications, IBM, Rational Software and Telstra.

He holds a MBA and Bachelor of Computing Studies from University of Canberra as well as a diploma in Business Computing from University of New England.