Alan Leong VP AsiaPac and Japan at Silver Peak

Silver Peak Systems, Inc. announced that Alan Leong has joined the company as vice president of Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, Mr. Leong will be responsible for driving the growth of Silver Peak into these markets, including new customer acquisition and ongoing partner development throughout the Asia pacific region.

  Mr. Leong brings over 21 years of industry experience to Silver Peak. Over the course of his career, he has held various management positions at leading networking, storage, and security vendors, including Packeteer (now Blue Coat systems), EMC, Computer Associates, Sun, and Palo Alto Networks. In those roles he successfully built out world class sales and support organizations throughout Asia and Japan, and established relationships with premier distributors, resellers, and OEM partners.

“Alan is a great fit for Silver Peak and an invaluable addition to our executive team,” said Arturo Cazares, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Silver Peak. “He brings a wealth of experience to the company that will facilitate our growth throughout Asia, thereby extending Silver Peak’s position as the worldwide leader in data center class WAN optimization.”