SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS) today announced that effective
immediately, Satish Dhanasekaran will succeed Mike Gasparian as
president of the Communications Solutions Group. Gasparian, who has
chosen to retire, will remain as an advisor through the end of the year
to assist with the transition. Keysight also announced the addition of
Marie Hattar to its executive team as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).
Dhanasekaran, who is currently vice president and general manager of the
Wireless Devices and Operators solution unit within the Communications
Solutions Group, has held a variety of leadership roles throughout his
21 years in the communications ecosystem. He has managed solution
conception, development and go-to-market strategies of design and test
solutions for the wireless industry, and has sponsored the company’s
participation in standards bodies, collaborations and consortia that
define wireless technology innovation.
He has held a variety of leadership roles at Agilent Technologies and
Keysight, initially joining the company in 2006 in the Americas sales
organization, leading customer engagements and the Application
Engineering Organization. In 2014, as the Microwave and Communications
Division marketing manager, Dhanasekaran created and executed
go-to-market strategies for products and modular solutions. In 2015,
Dhanasekaran was named general manager of the Mobile Broadband
Organization and created platforms that now give Keysight a competitive
advantage in 5G design and test. He started his career with Motorola
designing and leading the development of first-generation smart phone
devices.
“I am pleased to announce that Satish Dhanasekaran will lead Keysight’s
Communications Solutions Group,” said Ron Nersesian, Keysight’s
president and chief executive officer. “Satish has driven many strategic
collaborations with our top market-making customers around the globe,
which enabled them to gain time-to-market advantages. Satish is an
extremely customer focused, high energy and results-oriented leader.”
“I also thank Mike Gasparian for the decades of results he has delivered
for Keysight, Agilent and Hewlett-Packard. Most recently, in addition to
leading Keysight’s Communications Solutions Group, Mike has led the
company’s marketing function, including naming and launching Keysight as
an independent public company. I wish Mike the very best in his future,”
added Nersesian.
Before being named Keysight’s Chief Marketing Officer, Hattar held that
position for Ixia, which was recently acquired by Keysight.
“Ixia’s fresh, innovative approach to marketing is exactly the direction
we want to take Keysight,” added Nersesian. “Marie Hattar led the
transformation of marketing at Ixia, and we are delighted that she has
agreed to be Keysight’s first CMO. Marie is a proven marketing
strategist, and her experience in fast-moving technology companies make
her the ideal leader to drive our brand and position us for the future.
As we have transformed our company for growth, it’s important that
customers understand our broadened value.”
Completing the acquisition of Ixia to accelerate Keysight’s strategies
for growth, and creating the CMO role, marks an inflection point for the
company. These growth strategies include expanding Keysight’s software
solutions and end-to-end software-centric test offerings to better serve
evolving communications development lifecycles, while strengthening
Ixia’s advancing leadership position in the rapidly-growing visibility
and security markets.
“Innovating is harder than ever. Next-generation technologies keep
getting more complex, yet development lifecycles keep shrinking,” said
Marie Hattar. “Being first is important, but being first and best is
everything. Keysight’s end-to-end test systems will help leaders in
every market to innovate faster, while Ixia’s high performing network
visibility products will ensure that they operate more efficiently. I’m
thrilled to take on this vital role as Keysight’s CMO, a company that
anticipates new market trends and continuously reinvents itself to meet
the customer requirements created by those trends.”
Hattar has more than 20 years of marketing leadership experience
spanning the security, routing, switching, telecom and mobility markets.
Before becoming CMO of Ixia, she held the same position at Check Point
Software Technologies, where she reestablished the company as the
leading end-to-end security vendor. Prior to that, she was vice
president at Cisco, where she led the company’s enterprise networking
and security portfolio and helped drive the company’s leadership in
networking. Prior to Cisco, she held senior marketing positions at
Nortel Networks, Alteon WebSystems and Shasta Networks.
About Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies is a leading technology company that helps its
engineering, enterprise and service provider customers optimize networks
and bring electronic products to market faster and at a lower cost.
Keysight’s solutions go where the electronic signal goes, from design
simulation, to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to
optimization in networks and cloud environments. Customers span the
worldwide communications ecosystem, aerospace and defense, automotive,
energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets. Keysight
generated revenues of $2.9B in fiscal year 2016. In April 2017, Keysight
acquired Ixia, a leader in network test, visibility, and security. More
information is available at www.keysight.com.
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2016, and Keysight’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
Jan. 31, 2017.
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