SINGAPORE, Aug. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR), a leader in high performance networking from campus to data centers, today announced the appointment Gary Newbold as Vice President of Sales for Asia-Pacific.  Based in Singapore, Newbold will oversee the entire region highlighted by China, Korea, Australia, Japan, and India. 

Newbold is an experienced sales leader with a track record of success in the network market, having joined Extreme Networks from 3COM in 2009.  Newbold assumes his new role as Extreme Networks kicks-off its Asia-Pacific Channel Partner conference, the week of August 12^th in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.  Hundreds of partners will attend the event to enrich their experience and be addressed by executive leadership, including Newbold, Extreme Networks' CEO Chuck Berger and Nancy Shemwell, EVP of Global Sales.

Commented Shemwell:  "Gary's appointment is a big step for Asia-Pacific, as he has demonstrated consistent results and achieved excellent levels of customer satisfaction for the UK, where tremendous achievements came in growing Extreme's presence both with the channel (CRN UK named Extreme Channel "Vendor of the Year" for 2012) and our customers from education, retail, healthcare, and various service providers and Internet Exchange Connection points (IXCs) including LINX of London."

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Extreme Networks is a leader in high performance Ethernet switching for cloud, data center and mobile networks. Based in San Jose, CA, Extreme Networks has more than 6,000 customers in more than 50 countries. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.extremenetworks.com

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