Tuesday, July 31, 2007

F5 Networks Appoints Hale Channel Sales VP

Seattle-based F5 Networks Inc., a developer of network optimization products and network acceleration hardware, reported Tuesday that it has hired Steve Hale as its vice president of channel sales for North America. F5 said Hale comes to the company from Microsoft Corp., where he worked for 17 years, most recently as senior director of worldwide field sales operations for Microsoft Dynamics. Hale was also general manager of Microsoft’s U.S. Enterprise Partner organization, F5 said.