Aerohive Networks Adds SVP of Worldwide Sales and VP of Operations

Posted on: October 9, 2012 by Connie LoizosNo Comments »

Aerohive Networks, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., has hired two people on to its management team. Dean Hickman-Smith, formerly senior vice president of worldwide sales at Proofpoint, becomes Aerohive’s senior VP of worldwide sales Raphael Gernez, who was formerly a VP of global sourcing and purchasing at SunPower, meanwhile joins as VP of operations.

Aerohive is a cloud-based networking company that has raised $75 million over its six years in business, including from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Northern Light Venture Capital, and New Enterprise Associates.