Sunnyvale, Ca., USA - November 11, 2014, Sunnyvale, Ca., USA - Juniper Networks announced that Rami Rahim has been named chief executive officer.
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Mr. Rahim has also been appointed to the board of directors. Mr. Rahim, a 17-year Juniper Networks veteran, previously served as executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Development and Innovation.
Mr. Rahim started at Juniper as employee #32 and worked as an engineer on Juniper's first product, the M40 core router. He was also one of the original architects of the MX, Juniper's flagship routing platform.
Mr. Rahim’s roles of increasing responsibility have grown over the years, from Vice President of the Edge and Aggregation Business Unit (EABU), to Senior Vice President/General Manager of EABU, followed by Executive Vice President/General Manager of Platform Systems Division for routing and switching, to his current role today overseeing Juniper’s entire product and technology portfolio in JDI.
Mr. Rahim holds 17 US Patents in networking technologies and is a member of IEEE.
Mr. Rahim holds a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto, a master of science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He completed an intensive 6-week executive program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Shaygan Kheradpir has resigned as chief executive officer and director of the Company. His resignation follows a review by the board of directors of his leadership and his conduct in connection with a particular negotiation with a customer. The board and Mr. Kheradpir have different perspectives regarding these matters.
Before joining Juniper in January 2014, Mr. Kheradpir served most recently as Chief Operations and Technology Officer at Barclays PLC and before that as Chief Information and Technical Officer at Verizon Communications. He began his communications career with GTE in 1987.
Mr. Kheradpir was a member of the National Institute of Standards & Technology VCAT (Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology), an adjunct professor of electrical engineering at Northeastern University, and holds several patents. He was named to CIO Magazine’s Hall of Fame in 2007. ■