Mark is responsible for Virtela’s global marketing strategy. He has over twenty years of leadership and industry experience in the data center and networking markets. Prior to Virtela, Mark led marketing at Cisco across multiple data center business units and $1 billion of revenue, and successfully launched Cisco into the WAN optimization market. Previously, Mark was VP of Worldwide Marketing at NetScaler, a pioneer in application delivery acquired by Citrix Systems for $325 million. Earlier in his career, he spent several years in telecommunications, serving as VP of Worldwide Marketing at Redback Networks.