F5 Networks Appoints Carlton G. Amdahl to Chief Technical Officer
February 17, 2000 08:07 AM
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000--F5 Networks, Inc., FFIV today announced the appointment of Carlton G. Amdahl as the Company's Chief Technical Officer (CTO).
Amdahl has over twenty years of experience as a senior executive and consultant in the computer and networking industry. F5 Networks is the leading provider of Internet traffic and content management (iTCM) products.
"Carl brings an impressive amount of experience, particularly in the areas of scalable systems and network processors, which is perfectly aligned with F5's future," said Jeff Hussey, Chairman, President and CEO of F5 Networks. "Carl has a proven track record in the computer industry and will be instrumental in driving our technology to the next level."
Brett Helsel has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Product Development at F5 Networks. Amdahl's appointment to CTO will allow Helsel to focus on building a strong team and delivering best-of-breed products, while Amdahl focuses on future product strategy.
Amdahl has served as President of Network Caching Technology LLC since February 1999. He was a founder of NetFRAME Systems and served as Chairman and CTO from 1985 to 1996. Amdahl was a founder of Trilogy Systems, Ltd. and held the position of Vice-Chairman and Director from 1981 to 1984. As a founder of Magnuson Systems, Inc., he served as Executive Vice President of Engineering and Director from 1976 to 1981. Amdahl has been serving on F5 Networks' Board of Directors since May 1998.
Amdahl is a Stanford Sloan Fellow and received an M.S. in Management from Stanford University and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
About F5 Networks
F5 Networks is a leader in Internet Traffic and Content Management products. The Company's integrated suite of high-performance products automatically and intelligently manages Internet traffic and content to improve the availability and performance of mission-critical Internet servers and applications. F5 Networks helps companies avoid the risk of being burdened with ill-performing networks that do not meet end user expectations, while enabling network administrators to better control and predict the performance of their infrastructure. F5 Networks' products are designed to provide a new level of fault tolerance by shielding users from system failure; optimizing response times to user requests and data flow; and cost-effectively managing an organization's Internet infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Columbus, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, The Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden and the United Kingdom. F5 Networks is located on the web at www.f5.com.
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