Extreme Networks Inc. (EXTR) today announced the appointment of Theresa Caragol as vice president, worldwide channels. Caragol brings a 17-year track record of building channel and distribution organizations in the networking industry stemming from her previous roles with IBM, Nortel, Bay Networks and most recently, Ciena, where she was VP of channels and alliances for 7 years.

Caragol is charged with overseeing strategy and successful execution for Extreme Networks worldwide channels encompassing a base of more than 700 partners throughout more than 50 countries.

"Extreme Networks will benefit from the leadership Theresa brings, where her experience will energize our partners and drive sales growth," said Oscar Rodriguez, president and CEO for Extreme Networks. "Theresa is an exceptional manager with a significant track record in channel development. Her combination of experience is ideal as Extreme Networks looks to further penetrate markets such as cloud, mobile campus and data centers."

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