Radware (Nasdaq: RDWR), a leading provider of Internet Traffic Management (ITM) solutions, announces the addition of Ron Yair as vice president of strategic alliances and new business.
As VP of strategic alliances and new business, Yair will be responsible for establishing relationships with Fortune 500 companies taking advantage of the growth in e-commerce and those companies whose e-business endeavors require scaleable, fault tolerant and highly available network solutions. Yair's position will engage an international list of clients, and he will be based out of Radware's New Jersey office, reporting to the president.
"Ron brings with him vast management and financial experience working with the top financial institutes worldwide," said Doron Meirom, president of Radware Inc. "We are confident his efforts will create new alliances with major players in the global market, increasing Radware's competitive edge."
Previous to his appointment with Radware, Yair worked on Wall Street for nine years. His tenure in the financial world included positions with Bear-Stearns and Lehman Brothers, among others, where he headed joint venture trading operations and financial derivatives and managed investment teams throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
Yair holds Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and engineering from Western Michigan University and a graduate degree in engineering from Polytechnic University in New York. His professional experience and his educational background make him a strong asset at Radware.
About Radware
Radware develops, manufacturers and markets products that manage and direct Internet traffic among network resources to enable continuous access to Web sites and services, applications and content based on the Internet protocol. Radware offers a broad range of Internet traffic management solutions to service providers, e-commerce businesses and corporate enterprises that require uninterrupted availability and optimal performance of IP-based applications that are critical to their business. Radware's Internet traffic management solutions enable its customers to manage their network infrastructure to bypass system failures and to scale their network infrastructure to accommodate increasing IP traffic. Radware's products improve the productivity of network infrastructure by distributing traffic within a network to optimize the use of available network resources. Radware's products can be deployed either as independent solutions to address specific application needs at a particular location within a network or as an end-to-end integrated solution to manage traffic throughout a network.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the Internet traffic management industry, changes in demand for Internet traffic management products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in Radware's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Radware's Form F-1.