Megaport appoints Rodney Foreman as Chief Revenue Officer

The company said Foreman will lead Megaport's global sales organisation and have responsibility for all revenue-generating programs.

Foreman has over 20 years of experience in product management, direct sales, and channel sales to Megaport.

As Vice President of Worldwide Cloud Channel and Mid-Market Sales at IBM Corporation, he led a global sales team and most recently, Foreman was the Chief Revenue Officer of Cobalt Iron, a data protection and security SaaS provider, where he spearheaded the company's transformation to a channel-based business. He also launched channel sales programs at Nutanix and Informatica.

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"We are excited to bring Rodney's deep expertise and track record in leading global sales organisations to Megaport," said Vincent English, CEO of Megaport.

"With the cominglaunch of Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE), which will enable the hosting of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), such as SD-WAN capabilities, Megaport has never been in a better position to maximise the revenue opportunities of a tailored and robust channel programme.

"With our increasing focus on the systems integrator market as well as our excellent momentum in the data centre partner space, the timing for Rodney coming on board could not be better.

"His experience with product and managing scalable direct sales programs will help us further our capabilities with direct-to-customer sales while also creating even better customer and partner experiences."

Based in Austin, Texas, Foreman will report to English.

"I am delighted to join Megaport at an exciting time for the company. As an established leader and innovator in the cloud connectivity and NaaS space, Megaport has a huge opportunity to put their industry-changing solution in the hands of more customers and partners around the world,” said Foreman.

“I look forward to working with our global teams to capture greater market share and advancing Megaport's mission to transform the way businesses, data centres, systems integrators, and managed service providers build agile networks in the cloud."