Fortinet has appointed Luca Simonelli as Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific (APAC).
Based in Singapore, Simonelli will lead the company’s APAC sales organisation, overseeing businesses across Japan, North Asia and South Asia (Southeast Asia, India & SAARC, Australia and New Zealand).
He will be responsible for advancing regional strategy, deepening customer and partner relationships, and driving Fortinet’s continued growth across the region.
Simonelli has more than 30 years of international technology leadership experience spanning cybersecurity, networking, SASE, cloud security, and managed services. Prior to joining Fortinet, he served in a senior leadership role at GCX Managed Services.
“Luca’s deep industry experience, customer focus and proven ability to build high-performing teams further strengthens our leadership across Asia Pacific and positions us well to further support our customers, partners and teams as we continue executing our long-term growth strategy,” said Joe Sarno, Executive Vice President of International Sales at Fortinet.
“I’m excited to rejoin Fortinet and work alongside our customers, partners and teams across Asia Pacific to build on the company’s strong momentum and help more organisations securely embrace the next phase of digital transformation,” said Simonelli, who had an earlier eight-stint in charge of the EMEA business at Fortinet.
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