Riverbed, the leader in AI observability, announced the appointment of Kris Luhrsen as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). In this role, Luhrsen will drive Riverbed’s growth and sales strategy, overseeing global sales, channel and alliances, renewals and customer success, consulting architects, professional services, and sales operations.
“We are thrilled to welcome Kris Luhrsen to our team as Chief Revenue Officer,” said Riverbed CEO, Dave Donatelli. “Kris’ deep understanding of the technology landscape and track record in scaling revenue, leading high performance teams, and customer engagement make him the ideal person to guide our sales function forward and drive growth for Riverbed’s Observability and Acceleration solutions.”
“I’m excited to join Riverbed to serve as CRO at a time when there’s significant market momentum around Riverbed’s AI-Powered Platform and industry-leading solutions,” said Kris Luhrsen, Chief Revenue Officer, Riverbed. “I look forward to supporting the thousands of customers who rely on Riverbed every day to optimize digital experiences, improve IT operations and drive measurable results.”
Luhrsen brings to Riverbed decades of experience leading sales organizations, delivering on sales execution and growth agendas. Luhrsen also brings a wealth of expertise in building processes that enhance predictability, consistency, and productivity within organizations.
Prior to joining Riverbed, Luhrsen served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Venafi, a leading cybersecurity firm acquired by CyberArk. His previous roles include serving as President of North America Sales at SUSE, a leader in open-source infrastructure software, and holding senior sales leadership positions at VMware and Cisco.
Luhrsen holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University.
Luhrsen’s appointment follows the recent launch of the Riverbed Platform, and announcement of several new data observability and AIOps solutions, including Aternity Mobile, NPM+ for overcoming network blind spots, Riverbed IQ 2.0., and the first third-party module for the Riverbed Unified Agent – Aternity for Intel Thunderbolt and Wi-Fi. Additionally, Riverbed has recently received industry recognition for many solutions including: Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Digital Employee Experience Management Tools (DEX); Leader in the 2024 GigaOm Radar Report for Network Observability; Outperformer in the 2024 GigaOm Radar Report for AIOps; and Visionary in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM).
SOURCE: BusinessWire