Riverbed appoints Crighton to lead sales across Asia-Pacific

Riverbed has appointed Paul Crighton as Vice President Sales for Asia-Pacific and Japan as the company seeks to increase its presence for AI-powered observability and performance solutions in the region.

Paul Crighton joins Riverbed with over 25 years of experience in sales leadership across the technology sector, having previously held senior roles at Barracuda, NetApp, Blackberry, PGi, Symantec, and Intel Security/McAfee.

In his new role as Vice President Sales for Asia-Pacific and Japan, Crighton will oversee Riverbed's sales strategy and day-to-day operations within the region. He will report to Kris Luhrsen, Chief Revenue Officer at Riverbed.

Kris Luhrsen said, "I'm delighted to welcome Paul to Riverbed as Vice President Sales for the APJ region. As an inspirational, people-centric leader, Paul has a proven track record in leading sales organisations, navigating complex markets, and forging strong customer and partners relationship across APJ. As Riverbed continues to invest in its AI-powered Platform and solutions, Paul will be instrumental in leading the APJ team to help our customers further leverage the Platform and Riverbed AI capabilities at scale, delivering significant business outcomes and ROI."

Crighton expressed enthusiasm about his new position, stating, "I'm thrilled to be joining Riverbed at this really exciting time in the company's journey, delivering next-generation AIOps and observability solutions for our customers, as they look to streamline and improve their IT operations, and deliver exceptional digital experiences. The innovation agenda demonstrates the value customers are seeing in the Riverbed Platform. I look forward to working with our experienced team to execute on Riverbed's vision, drive value for our customers, and further extend the company's growth and market share in the region."

The appointment comes as Riverbed expands its platform with new features designed to assist enterprises in managing complex hybrid environments. These additions include AIOps, data observability, and acceleration solutions.

In April, Riverbed announced a significant extension of its platform, introducing AI-powered observability offerings that integrate Riverbed Generative, Predictive and Agentic AI, as well as enhanced data observability modules. The new modules support unified communications applications, network packet analysis, and compatibility with Intel Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi connected devices.

Recent product launches from Riverbed include NPM+, which offers visibility into cloud, remote work, and zero trust architectures, Aternity Mobile for digital experience management of enterprise-owned mobile devices, Riverbed IQ Ops, Riverbed Unified Agent, and Aternity Intelligent Service Desk.

This month, Riverbed introduced new and upgraded acceleration solutions aimed at increasing enterprise network performance, security, and IT adaptability. Notable advancements include RiOS 10, Riverbed's acceleration software for cloud, data centres, and edge environments; the SteelHead 90 series for improved resilient networking; and Riverbed Flex, a new subscription-based consumption model.

Riverbed's focus is on using AI automation to help organisations identify and resolve IT issues, backed by over two decades of experience in data collection, AI, and machine learning. Its open, AI-powered platform supports a range of digital experience and IT efficiency improvements for customers operating in complex digital environments.