F5 Networks has appointed Carlos Marques as the new director of sales for sub-Saharan Africa.
Reporting directly to Myles Bray, regional vice-president, Sales, UK, Ireland and sub-Saharan Africa for F5, Marques’s focus will be to grow F5’s business and presence across the region, working closely with customers and partners to solve application delivery, security, performance and availability challenges.
Marques joins F5 from HP South Africa, where he was country manager for the HP Networking business. With 25 years’ experience in the IT industry, Marques has also held positions at Cisco Systems, Motorola and Standard Bank.
He has a particularly strong track record of working with channel partners to grow business as well as experience of working directly with major enterprise and service provider customers. He has also had substantial success in setting up and growing businesses rapidly across Africa.
In another regional appointment, Simon McCullough has joined F5 as its new major channel account manager for the region, responsible for the overall channel strategy and execution for sub-Saharan Africa. McCullough is MCSE-certified and joins F5 from Citrix South Africa.
“Carlos and Simon are important appointments as F5 continues to grow and invest in Africa. Supported by a strong local team and an extensive network of partners, we are determined to ramp up our presence and service delivery in the region and look forward to a successful year helping organisations adapt to some of today’s biggest challenges, including security, cloud enablement and mobility,” says Bray.
“F5 has built a reputation as an industry leader by helping businesses deliver the most secure, fast and reliable applications to anyone, anywhere, at any time. I’m looking forward to making sub-Saharan Africa a leading region for F5,” says Marques.
