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06/05/12 -- Xirrus®, the leader in high-performance wireless networks,today announced the appointment of Shane Buckley as CEO. Buckley,who led NETGEAR's commercial unit to 50 percent revenue growth over2 years, reaching $330 million in 2011 -- and played a prime rolein growing corporate revenues over 30 percent, will guide Xirrus'snext stage of growth and global expansion. Current Xirrus founderand CEO Dirk Gates has assumed the role of Executive Chairman andwill continue to drive product strategy and innovation. As International President for Peribit Networks, Buckley grew thecompany's international business to account for 60 percent ofcorporate revenues, leading to the acquisition of Peribit byJuniper Networks in 2005. Following the acquisition, he wascredited for growing Juniper's enterprise strategy and businessworldwide. He also directed 3Com's business operations throughoutEMEA, managing a P&L of $2 billion, and grew sales in thecompany's Asia Pacific region from $180 million to $500 million in2.5 years. Before joining NETGEAR, Buckley was President and CEO of RohatiSystems, a provider of cloud security for data centers, where heled the company's Series B financing round, achieved a more than100 percent increase in valuation, and, in 2009, managed theacquisition of the company by Cisco Systems. "Shane Buckley is the ideal executive to lead Xirrus to scale andout execute the competition in the fastest growing networkingcategory. Mobility consistently ranks as the number one issue ITteams have to deal with," said Gates. "Shane helped lead NETGEARthrough its greatest growth phase in the hotly competitivecommercial networks segment, while revamping and leading itsR&D, PLM, marketing, sales, support, and finance operations.That's the scope of experience and execution that will drive Xirrusto seize more market share and to scale for accelerated expansion." Buckley joins Xirrus as the company continues to deliver what havebeen heralded as the industry's most innovative WiFi products andsolution sets. "With the explosion in demand for wireless networkaccess, fueled by the massive proliferation of iPads, Androiddevices, and a range of mobile handhelds, opportunities abound forXirrus to take its industry-leading innovations into new marketsand geographies," said Buckley. "With Dirk's leadership, anoutstanding executive team, and technology that is empoweringorganizations across a vast range of industries to support the mostdemanding applications, Xirrus is positioned for strong growth." In his role as Executive Chairman, Gates continues to execute onhis vision of mobile networking that originated back at Xircom, acompany Gates founded in 1988. As Xircom passed $100M, Gates tappedveteran Carl Russo to run the company, and built Xircom into awidely acknowledged industry innovator with sales of $500 million,over 2,000 employees, that was subsequently acquired by Intel in2001. "In the evolution of any technology start-up, there comes atime when the founder, entrepreneur, and visionary looks for helpto scale the company. With the wireless industry witnessing demandthat is likely to exceed even the most bullish estimates, thetiming is perfect at Xirrus to bring in an executive of Shane'scaliber to drive our strategy and operations, and to seize thetremendous opportunities in front of us," said Gates. About Xirrus, Inc. Xirrus is the leading provider of high-performance wirelessnetworks. Xirrus' Array-based solutions perform under the mostdemanding circumstances with wired-like reliability and superiorsecurity. The Xirrus wireless solutions provide a vital strategicbusiness and IT infrastructure advantage to the education,healthcare, government and enterprise industries that depend onwireless to operate business-critical applications. Headquarteredin Thousand Oaks, CA, Xirrus is a privately held company thatdesigns and manufactures its products and solutions in the USA. Formore information please visit: and follow us on Twitter: @Xirrus . Xirrus and XR-Series are trademarks or registered trademarks ofXirrus. Other trade names used in this document are or may be theproperty of their respective owners. Copyright @ Marketwire. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Cookie Production Line , Maamoul Machine Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit Encrusting Machines today!
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