Citrix has announced that Geir Ramleth is joining its executive team as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, reporting to Citrix President and CEO, Mark Templeton. Ramleth who hails from Bechtel Corporation where he served as SVP and Chief Information Officer, will be responsible for a range of strategic, technical and operational teams to drive the company to a software-defined workplace.
In his previous roles, Ramleth also served management roles in large-scale global organizations, including Oracle, PageMart Wireless, and PacTel Personal Communications, bringing extensive financial, technical and senior leadership experience. Ramleth will join Citrix effective December 1, 2014 and will be based in the company’s Santa Clara, Calif. headquarters.
Geir Ramleth, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Citrix
I’m excited and honored to be joining the Citrix team. The company’s products have a powerful potential to enable mobility transformation at a time when consumerization, information security and infrastructure flexibility are of premier business value. I’m looking forward to helping Citrix customers understand and fully benefit from the company’s software-defined workplace vision.
Mark Templeton, President and CEO, Citrix
I am really delighted to have Geir join the Citrix leadership team. His blend of strategic, technical and general management skills will strengthen our ability to design, communicate, optimize and operationalize our workspace delivery infrastructure strategy. His hands-on experience driving significant business outcomes with mobile and cloud technologies at great scale will prove invaluable.
