The 2009 CIO Imperative:
Reduce Operational Costs & Deliver Critical IT Business Initiatives - with less of everything

Never before has the CIO been under such immense pressure to reduce operational and capital costs while still having to meet critical IT initiatives. Riverbed Technology has excelled in the worst possible economic conditions because it enables the CIO to deliver IT initiatives such as: Virtualization (such as VMware), Data Center and Server Consolidation, Disaster Recovery, Data Backup (such as NetApp), reduce bandwidth requirements and eliminate the need for upgrades – all while significantly reducing overall cost and providing a return on investment that is typically less than 7 months! Too good to be true? Come see why over 5,500 customers with over 80,000 units worldwide have deployed Riverbed technology to implement their IT initiatives for less money and with cost savings that continue for a lifetime. Riverbed – we make everything in the network better.

 
Mr. Serrano has more than 30 years of experience in the networking and security arena and has extensive experience in sales, marketing and business development. Prior to Riverbed he served as VP of Marketing APAC for CipherTrust (acquired by Secure Computing Corp). Mr. Serrano performed as Director for security products marketing for Juniper Networks via the acquisition of NetScreen Technologies where he held a variety of senior management positions, including Sr. director of product management (USA) and Sr director of marketing APAC. Prior to NetScreen, Serrano was director of business development at Bell Labs Research. He also co-founded and served as CEO for Network Tools. He served in senior positions in sales, marketing and product management at start-up SynOptics Communications/Bay Networks (acquired by Nortel). He was vice president at the HSBC banking corporation as well as serving in senior management roles at JP Morgan Bank and Citibank. Serrano spent nine years with the US Air Force and was responsible for the planning, design, installation and deployment of large-scale communication systems, including satellite systems, fiber optics, voice and data systems, cryptographic systems and wireless communications. He is a member and participant in the IEEE and IETF forums.