Gk Leighton

Distribution Sales Manager - Americas at Opengear

GK Leighton is a seasoned sales professional with extensive experience in distribution and channel management across various technology companies. Currently serving as the Distribution Sales Manager for Opengear since February 2022, GK previously held roles at Extreme Networks as a Senior Partner Account Manager, and at VIPRE Security as a Channel Account Manager. Prior positions include significant contributions at Transition Networks, where responsibilities spanned multiple managerial roles, achieving notable growth and strategic successes. GK's career began at Tech Data Corporation, leading the HP PSG sales team to record-breaking sales, and includes a military background with the United States Department of the Navy. GK holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing from Florida State University and has a strong track record of fostering partner relationships and driving revenue growth.

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Opengear

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Opengear develops enterprise-grade remote infrastructure management solutions. Opengear's open source platforms give network managers and system integrators the most flexible, extensible and secure remote management solution on the market today. They provide the virtual hands to access and control networking equipment in remote offices,computers in data centers and the smart device infratsructure distributed all over the world. Equipment can be remotely reconfigured, rebooted and power cycled. Opengear’s extensive support for out-of-band management ensures its customers have access and control even when their network is down. The result is a drastic reduction in the need for expensive on-site technical staff, on-site visits and an accompanying acceleration of problem resolution and improvements in critical network availability. The mission of Opengear is to deliver open source management appliances and cloud services that simplify control of complex distributed systems and networks.


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