Riverstone Appoints Dan Middleton as Vice President, North American Sales
December 16 2004 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Riverstone Appoints Dan Middleton as Vice President, North American
Sales SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Riverstone Networks, (Pink Sheets: RSTN) today announced the
appointment of Dan Middleton as its Vice President of Sales for
North America. Middleton will oversee the sales organization
responsible for growing Riverstone's business in the U.S. and
Canada through both direct and indirect partner sales, including
Lucent Technologies and Sonus Networks. Middleton joins Riverstone
after ten years with Nortel Networks where held a number of senior
sales and marketing positions. Most recently, he served as a sales
Vice President in Nortel's Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) region,
where he was responsible for expanding Nortel's IP Convergence
Business. In addition, he improved the indirect Systems Integration
partner model and the impact of the Direct Sales force in EMEA.
"Dan brings a broad base of experience to the table, including a
strong understanding of customers' business models, converged
network infrastructures and, in particular, how Ethernet networks
enable new services and applications," said Oscar Rodriguez, CEO,
Riverstone Networks. "We look to Dan to further invigorate our
sales efforts in North America, where demand for carrier Ethernet
is beginning to accelerate." Middleton is a Georgia native, and
holds an MBA from Duke University and a Bachelor's Degree in
Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. Riverstone Networks, Inc.
is a leading provider of carrier-class solutions for next
generation Ethernet networks. Riverstone's Ethernet routers and
provisioning solutions deliver the ease of use, cost effectiveness,
and flexibility that carriers require in meeting their customers'
networking requirements in support of voice, video, and data
services. Riverstone uniquely permits carriers to offer homogeneous
services across existing revenue-generating networks and new
Ethernet deployments. CONTACT: Amy Huitt of Riverstone Networks,
Inc. 408-878-6918 DATASOURCE: Riverstone Networks, Inc. CONTACT:
Amy Huitt of Riverstone Networks, Inc., +1-408-878-6918, or Web
site: http://www.riverstonenet.com/
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