Chad Whalen

Chad Whalen has a strong background in sales and leadership roles. Chad'smost recent position was as the Executive Vice President Worldwide Sales at F5 Networks, where they started in 2017. Prior to that, they held the position of VP, Worldwide Cloud Sales at the same company. From 2014 to 2017, Whalen worked at Fortinet as the VP, Global Strategic Alliances and Cloud Services. Before that, they were the Chief Customer Officer at Jasper for a brief period in 2014. From 2008 to 2013, they held the role of GM, VP NA Field Operations at Ciena. Whalen also worked at World Wide Packets as the SVP, Global Sales and Marketing from 2004 to 2008, and at Ciena as the VP America's Sales from 2000 to 2004.

Chad Whalen completed their Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management, General from Eastern Washington University between 1989 and 1993.