John.McHugh
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- Member Since:
- Jun 22, 2010
- Last Logged In:
- Jun 23, 2010 11:30 AM
- Occupation:
- Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
- Biography:
- As Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, John McHugh is responsible for the global marketing strategy for the Company, including Product Marketing, Corporate Marketing and Strategic Alliances. Prior to Brocade, McHugh was vice president and general manager of Nortel Networks' Enterprise Network Solutions business unit, where he was responsible for the technology vision, R&D and business operations. McHugh drove the successful divesture of this business unit as an intact and profitable asset. Prior to Nortel, McHugh was with SilverLake Partners where he worked on M&A activity, and technology and company evaluations. As part of his 26-year career at HP, McHugh held a variety of executive management positions including vice president and worldwide general manager of HP ProCurve Networking, building it from a start-up to a $1 billion plus business. During his tenure, he was responsible for global operations, strategic and tactical planning and business development. In 2005 the editors at Network World named McHugh as one of the "Top 50 Most Powerful People". Network World praised McHugh for a number of accomplishments, most notably "for his well-rounded enterprise strategy, which encompasses convergence, wireless LANs, WAN access and more." McHugh holds a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana.
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- brocade john_mchugh cmo chief_marketing_officer